On the road again...

So this happened on September 18...Reed finished his behind the wheel sessions that day and got his temporary license. We will go finalize things in November, but meanwhile he's good to go. We sent him to pick up dinner in this picture. It's hard to send my baby out there on the road by himself!! He's still got some learning to do, but it will only come with more practice. One day last week I had to go to the office (GASP!) and he texted me to say he wanted to just go for a drive. What?! Well, okay then. And this past Saturday he got up and showered, and took Shelby over to Manassas Battlefield to go for a bit of a hike. Adding the X factor of a goofy dog in the car with no one to corral her was even more stressful to me. But I took a deep breath and said of course you can. And he was fine! This whole thing is very hard!

And then...

One day after she was eligible (only because we couldn't get an appointment for the actual day), Amy got her learner's permit. Tod has let her drive the Cube before, but I wasn't prepared to let her drive home. Instead I drove her to a school near our house and let her get some practice time in. She drove back to the house, though. Maybe this whole thing is getting a little easier?? No, not really. She is clearly much more eager to learn to drive than Reed was for so long. So I fully expect that she'll be getting her license the day she turns 16. I hope she'll learn where things are by then...she always has her nose in her phone when we're driving, so she's not paid a lot of attention to how to get places. Thank goodness for navigational apps!

Time is flying by!