After Lena was born, Ricky and I took her on her first outing in our car, which is a 2005 Mini Cooper. Ricky and I were convinced that Lena would be fine in the car and everything would work out swell. Well, we played a little game of tetris and got both Lena in the car seat and the stroller in the seat next to her. As we were driving I just cried and Ricky agreed, this is not a safe situation. So, as hard as it was to do it, we traded in Mini. However, putting Lena in a car that wasn't safe was even harder. We did the grown up thing. We said good bye to our fun youthful car and said hello to a mom-mobile. We got a 2008 Honda CRV. Definitely a mom-mobile, but I feel 100 times better toting my sweet Lena around in this vehicle and that makes it totally worth it.
As a tribute to Mini, let's reminiscence for a minute and go over all the places Mini has been...
Germany (where we bought it), the United States (where we had to pay heaps of cash in taxes to import it into Florida), France (a few times), Czech Republic, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy (for our infamous Tuscany road trip!), Netherlands, and although it's part of Germany, definitely worth mentioning, Mini has been to Oktoberfest...twice! Mini has been to more countries than most people go in their lifetime.
Here's to you Mini, thanks for the memories!
2 comments:
I am going to miss the mini so much! But, at least you showed her a good time, and I have a feeling that she showed you a good time as well. Farewell, blue mini...may your travels continue to take you far. We'll all miss you!
mom-mobile? that is no mom-mobile...now if you had purchased an odyssey or a pilot i might have cringed.
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