Can your ride do this...

We have all been introduced to the new addition to our family. I still get asked pretty frequently, how do you like your mini?  I do like it.

We have taken a trip already.  It is so convenient how we can fit everything we could possibly need or want with us when we travel.  And then it's really helpful to have a diaper changing station in the car...

 I have to share this story.  So...both the boys have fevers and stuffy noses.  We have a doctor's appt.  The bottom drops out in the process...like I'm talking, raining harder than I've seen in a LOOOONG time.  I'm like...how in the world am I gonna get these kids inside without us all getting drenched?

Picture this...I climb to the back seat..get both kids out of their seats, put Parker in the Ergo carrier,...with the very back seats down you can pretty much run around in that bad boy.  So we all get by the back hatch, I use my nifty little keys to raise the hatch from inside, get the umbrella popped up, I jump out in the rain, (Parker is already on me in the carrier), grab the diaper bag on one arm, Briggs on the other, run to the office while I punch the button for the hatch to close..it was pretty awesome.

And then when we are done, it's still pouring so we do the same thing just in reverse order...raise the hatch..we all climb in, close the hatch from inside...I change diapers, get everybody situated in their seats, climb back in the cockpit...and off we go.

All I can say is...that right there is a huge benefit of a mini with little kids.  There is NO WAY I could have gotten all of us out of something else and not get soaked.  I was thinking the whole time..how would I even get Briggs out of his seat, with Parker in my arms, with an umbrella...wouldn't have happened...so the backup plan of climbing out the back worked like a charm...and I'm sure was pretty amusing to any onlookers.  Dr. Lytle joked with me when I told him how we got inside that they were secretly videotaping us from inside.  Oh well if they were...they would just get to see this momma in action with her little ones and keeping them dry in the process.

So, yes..I really do like the function of my mini!  It is still a minivan, but for this season of our life, I couldn't imagine driving anything different.