Dominic's Wheels

So, in a large family, every new baby seems to get some new piece of equipment.  When Joseph was born, he got a new baby carrier.  (The Mobywrap.  Love it.)  Daniel got a new pack & play, since Joseph broke the crib.  Andy got a baby furniture set (sorry, no pictures, except in backgrounds of old posts).  And for Dominic we bought....

...a space shuttle.  Behold, the USS Dominator!

Mr. Pickles' reaction as we drove off the lot: "Crap, we bought it!"

 It's a 2015 Ford 15-passenger Transit Wagon. 

We started out looking at used 12-passenger vehicles, but ended up with this for a couple reasons: our credit union was getting obnoxiously picky about what cars they considered worthy of a loan (so many passenger vans were considered commercial vehicles and therefore not loan-worthy -- so annoying); we couldn't find any 12 passenger vans; and the clincher was that Ford's Ecoboost engine got the best gas mileage (yes, please!).

Everyone else on the road respects me now.

 The kids loved it from the first.  Everyone practically has his own row.  (We took out the two middle seats in the very back for cargo space.)  I don't LOVE IT love it, but it does get all of us where we want to go.  And the automatic wipers are actually pretty cool.

huzzah, we all fit!

 You know you have a large family when the minivan is your SMALL car.