Between daily errands and long family road trips, my family of four spends a lot of time in our Toyota Sienna, so keeping it well-stocked with everyday essentials and emergency provisions feels really important to me. Ultimately, stocking the car is all about understanding your own family's particular needs. If you've got a baby who's still in diapers, a packed diaper bag will be essential for you, whereas, if you've got tweens and teens, charging cables might be the hottest commodity imaginable.
The family car tends to be a bit of a black hole, with all our little daily transit needs routinely absorbed into its unfathomable depths. It's where phone chargers go to die; where water bottles roll under seats, never to be seen again; and where homework assignments and field trip permission slips disappear without a trace. I'm not saying a multi-compartment trunk organizer is going to keep that from happening, per se,