The Ultimate Babysitting Tool
I love kids and seem to find myself around them quite often. I don't have any of my own (yet), but to compensate I baby-sit.
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| The Toyota Highlander I was testing turned out to be a hit with the kids I was babysitting. (Photo: Alexandra Straub, Canadian Auto Press) |
When I have a spare minute, or few hours, I take care of a few wonderful little monsters (munchkins). They are now old enough to know why every time I show up at their house I am driving a new car. They think this is "sooo cool" and therefore this makes me their favorite babysitter. But I am not the coolest babysitter because of the cars I drive, I also let them stay up late and eat lots of junk food. The other week when I went to hang out with the little rug rats, I pulled into the driveway in a stylish silver SUV. I was greeted with warm smiles and the question, "What
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| For some unexplainable reason the third row of seats were the highlight with the kids. (Photo: Alexandra Straub, Canadian Auto Press) |
car do you have this week?" I explained that I was driving a 2004 Toyota Highlander with 4WD and that it had a third row of seats in the back. Their faces totally lit up. Their next reaction was, "Can we sit in the back, please, please?" Of course, I replied, but not until we had to go to T-ball practice. I could relate to where the kids' third row seating enthusiasm stemmed from. As a child I remember that one of my friend's parents had a Mercedes-Benz station wagon with the seats in the trunk. Every time we would go anywhere in that car, I was always in the back waving at fellow commuters. Although the third row seating concept is not new to cars, it is new for the 2004 model year of the
Highlander.
