The time has arrived! Squeezing our three-ring-circus into one-ring is getting absolutely ridiculous. Hailey is now in Chloe's old seat and Chloe is in a new booster. It's exciting, but wow - the three of them squished into the back seat is quite a sight. Anyway, we've spent several hours test driving minivans. And I literally mean hours ... we ALL go out, drive around a lot and "pick" 2 or 3 or 4 we want to drive from the lot .... Mike goes in to a sales person and begins his little speech "I'm not buying today but we need to know what fits our family and how easily the car seats fit in, etc."
So the sales person drives one up at a time, while Mike installs each car seat. I chase the girls in and out of the snow. Entertain Hailey. Take Maddie and Chloe to the bathroom - at least once, sometimes twice. Or even better - once before we leave the lot, once while we're out on the test drive (McDonald's), and then once we get back to the dealership.
Then the seats are ready, we convince Chloe that she has to be strapped in and we drive around for a few minutes or miles - whichever comes first. A few vehicles we knew before we even got out of the lot that we hated it, but we figured we made it that far, we might as well continue w/ the test drive. Then, we drive back to the dealership and do it all again in the next vehicle. So far our top three are the Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey, and Nissan Quest. Talk about quality family time!!
But let me back up ... here's my initial minivan adventure that I forgot to post:
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