A minivan? Horrors! As a younger mom whenever I thought of the offending vehicle, I pictured this:
I held on to my little Saab until Jacob was born, at which point I succumbed to the inevitable lineup of SUVs...until Al Gore came along and guilted me into squeezing me and my four kids into an ancient Volvo sedan.
Let me tell you - when you have more than two kids, you need that extra row. I have no buffer row and now when Jack is mad (read: always) and throws his sippy cup/ball/hot wheels car it hits my head. While driving. This is not fun, and has forced me to daydream a little more than is considered healthy about running away to that shrimp shack I keep threatening to open.
So last night, when Bob was making the moves, he knew exactly how to seduce me. He mentioned this:
Then he whispered that he wanted me inside of this:
And just like that, I was his.
