Comments on: Strawberries and the TBT scorecard https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/06/strawberries-and-the-tbt-scorecard/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/06/strawberries-and-the-tbt-scorecard/#comment-359022 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:12:30 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18603#comment-359022 In reply to Caitlin.

@Caitlin – we have to get the 7-passenger since that’s the one with AWD. Hilly, dead-end road in PA winter means the all-wheel drive is quite necessary!

]]> By: Caitlin https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/06/strawberries-and-the-tbt-scorecard/#comment-358923 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:23:03 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18603#comment-358923 I really want to upgrade to the new Toyota Sienna hybrid minivan! The Pacifica plug-in hybrid looks really cool too, but only seats 7 and I like the flexibility of 8.

]]> By: Bridget Jones https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/06/strawberries-and-the-tbt-scorecard/#comment-358897 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:54:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18603#comment-358897 I too have a minivan that has over 100k miles and have found myself searching frantically for a tire inflator…enter the husky digital inflator that you can purchase at Home Depot that has completely made the dreaded tire light a non issue. It is so easy to use and does not take up a lot of space. (I store it in the garage and when I am on a roadtrip it comes with me!) It sounds strange that a tire inflator is one of my favorite purchases ever, and maybe the tires on my minivan are just prone to deflating, but it has given me such peace of mind. I literally just used it this morning! 10 out of 10 highly recommend! 🙂

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]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/06/strawberries-and-the-tbt-scorecard/#comment-358877 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:50:41 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18603#comment-358877 Traffic with kids is just the worst. But I’m so glad you managed to cross something off your summer fun list and fresh strawberries are just delicious (if the 7-year old won’t eat them, more for you!).

As you’ve said many times, sometimes we just have to plan these things in and do them anyway (often, with kids, activities are more fun in retrospect; for your aquarium trip, I suspect most people will forget how horrible the traffic was in a year, but they’ll remember the cool marine animals they spotted). I don’t have an official summer fun list, but I really should. At this point I’m mentally adding/subtracting things as we do them, but it’s nice to look at something concrete and be intentional about fitting things in from that list as time allows. Perhaps I’ll draft one this weekend?

We did say we wanted to do mini-golf this summer (a first for my kids) and we fit this in with their cousins on our recent trip to the US. It felt like accomplishing our goal on steroids – we crossed off a fun item AND managed to do it with relatives which made it extra special.

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