Sienna Recommendation and Accessories for Parents

My wife and I will have two young kids with a 3rd coming in a few short years. We were planning on holding off on a minivan until we had 3 kids, but have quickly outgrown my wife’s Hyundai Tucson.

We have made the decision to go with a Sienna. My wife is dead set on getting a cement gray Sienna which leaves us with the only options of the XSE or the Woodland. If I wasn’t limited to just those two, I likely would have gone with an AWD XLE. Does anybody have a recommendation of which one is better for a growing family?

Additionally, what accessories or add ons do parents of young children recommend? One thing I was considering was additional tint. I know the sienna comes tinted, but is the tint enough to block direct sunlight from an infant? I also know it has sun shades, but I don’t like how they don’t cover the whole window. We currently have snap shades in our cars now, which could also be an option instead of tinting.

Besides tinting, what other accessories or add ons have you found useful?

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u/AlVic40117560_ — 1 day ago

Pre-Smoking Brisket (or ribs)

I’m heading to the beach for a celebration and am being asked if I can smoke either brisket or ribs. I’ve smoked both a number of times before, but the problem is I won’t have a smoker at the beach. I’ll have to smoke something Thursday for either Friday or Saturday nights dinner.

Has anybody smoked something, refrigerated it, and reheated it successfully without it tasting like leftovers?

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u/AlVic40117560_ — 25 days ago

Who are you spending your FAAB on after the draft? Or for the sickos in 5 round rookie drafts, who are you targeting in the 5th?

I’ve been targeting guys like Robert Henry, Eric Rivers, Jeff Caldwell, Terion Stewart, John Michael Gyllenborg, and Le’Veon Moss. Curious to see who other people are spending their FAAB on and why

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u/AlVic40117560_ — 4 months ago