Comments on: Hang on, sweetie! Mommy doesn’t have enough room with all this junk in the van for you to actually ride inside. http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488 We're lawyers. We're Moms. We're "in-house counsel." Get it? Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:24:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mommyesquire http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488&cpage=1#comment-122 mommyesquire Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:04:20 +0000 http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488#comment-122 Emily, if I haven't said it lately...or enough...Mommy, Esquire loves you, sister!!!!! Glad to hear that you are a "messy van mom," also!!!! :) Emily, if I haven’t said it lately…or enough…Mommy, Esquire loves you, sister!!!!! Glad to hear that you are a “messy van mom,” also!!!! :)

]]> By: Emily http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488&cpage=1#comment-121 Emily Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:33:23 +0000 http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488#comment-121 We currently have a 2009 Honda Odyssey. I am not bragging. I am just mentioning it because we had to buy a new van before travelling cross country with five children and one mother-in-law. Our old van, an old body Nissan Quest (with a video cassette player) was 9 years old, had 140,000+ miles and three hubcaps, and I couldn't roll the driverside window down in cold weather because it wouldn't go back up. This summer in our new van, with a GPS, I might add, we spent 16 days driving to California and back, stopping to see points of interest in between, my husband and eccentric MIL arguing all the way about SAL's directions. Two weeks after our return we drove to Pensacola with a side trip to Orlando and a day in Fairhope. We put over 10,000 miles on it between June and early August. Now it has 35,000 miles on it and has toys and hair things stuck in the tracks of the seats. We will, no doubt, drive this one until we have grandchildren. Then, we will need a church bus if any of our children are as prolific as we are. We currently have a 2009 Honda Odyssey. I am not bragging. I am just mentioning it because we had to buy a new van before travelling cross country with five children and one mother-in-law. Our old van, an old body Nissan Quest (with a video cassette player) was 9 years old, had 140,000+ miles and three hubcaps, and I couldn’t roll the driverside window down in cold weather because it wouldn’t go back up.

This summer in our new van, with a GPS, I might add, we spent 16 days driving to California and back, stopping to see points of interest in between, my husband and eccentric MIL arguing all the way about SAL’s directions. Two weeks after our return we drove to Pensacola with a side trip to Orlando and a day in Fairhope. We put over 10,000 miles on it between June and early August. Now it has 35,000 miles on it and has toys and hair things stuck in the tracks of the seats. We will, no doubt, drive this one until we have grandchildren. Then, we will need a church bus if any of our children are as prolific as we are.

]]> By: mommyesquire http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488&cpage=1#comment-120 mommyesquire Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:48 +0000 http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488#comment-120 Thanks for the info. I'm hoping that a messy van makes for well-adjusted children. ;) Thanks for the info. I’m hoping that a messy van makes for well-adjusted children. ;)

]]> By: Liberty http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488&cpage=1#comment-119 Liberty Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:18:32 +0000 http://mommyesquire.com/?p=488#comment-119 We are currently sporting our spare tire around in the car, while waiting on a part to be shipped in... Also - I've read/heard and BELIEVE - the happiest kids grow up in imperfect homes - and I'll be so bold to expand it to cars... We are currently sporting our spare tire around in the car, while waiting on a part to be shipped in… Also – I’ve read/heard and BELIEVE – the happiest kids grow up in imperfect homes – and I’ll be so bold to expand it to cars…

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