Driving

Don't Hit My Van

Since Cioci Kimmy has sprained her knee she now needs to go to physical therapy appointments.  She asked me to come over this morning and watch Maddie and Allie while Katie was at school so she could go for her initial evaluation.  Of course I agreed and we were at Cioci Kimmy's bright and early at 8:10am this morning (early by about 15-20 minutes - hard to believe, I know!).  The morning at the Radachy household was quite uneventful, Jason and Katie left for work and school while Cioci Kimmy was nursing Maddie and Allie and AJ were playing in the playroom.   Once Maddie finished nursing, it was time for Cioci Lissa to take over and we sent off Cioci Kimmy on her merry way. Right before she walked out the door I said 'Don't hit my van!' as a joke since I was parked in their turnaround in the driveway.  Well, maybe I should have never uttered those words cause right as I put Maddie into the exersaucer and was about the cook some breakfast for the big kiddos, Cioci Kimmy came through the front door all distressed and said 'I just hit your van'.  Oh no!! The tears then started flowing from Cioci Kimmy and I went into supportive sister mode.  Was I upset? Yes.  But did it really matter?! No.  It's just a car.  No one was hurt.  It happened in the driveway and it can be fixed.  Period. End of story.  As Kimmy was crying I tried to comfort her and let her know that it was okay, accidents happen and it can fixed.  I know if I was her I would be just as upset so I completely understood how she was feeling so I just gave her lots of hugs and told her it was alright.  Needless to say, her physical therapy evaluation appointment never happened and has now been rescheduled for next Wednesday where I will attempt the watch the kiddos again.  Let's not hope for a repeat next week!

My two-month old car with a big dent in it

Cioci Kimmy's car

Long Awaited Picture

I finally took a picture of our new van!  I am absolutely in love with all the features of the van and how convenient it is to get AJ in and out of his carseat.  I don't care if my friends make fun of me - this thing is awesome!

Saying Goodbye....

Michael and I picked up our new car this afternoon!  We traded in my 2004 Toyota Corolla (aka Sydney) for a used 2011 Hyundai Sonata.  We originally had planned on keeping Sydney and driving it into the ground because she was such a reliable car and we really had no need to buy a new car.  But once I had the carseat installed, we realized it was a little too small for our liking.  I felt super cramped while driving because I had to move the seat closer to the wheel so it wasn't touching the car seat.  And the backseat was virtually non-existent now because the carseat took up a lot of space so we would never be able to take anyone else with us in the car.  So we had started talking about trading in Sydney (so sad!) for something a bit bigger, but nothing too extravagant.  Well, we went out on Tuesday afternoon after my doctor's appointment to look at cars and we ended up coming home having purchased one!  It was a bit of a surprise to us, but they gave us such a good deal on the Sonata and and my beloved Sydney as a trade-in, that we couldn't pass it up.  It was definitely tough saying goodbye to my beloved Sydney, but I made sure to take a picture with her before we parted ways!

My love, Sydney

Our new ride, the Sonata

Oh, and I must mention that we are now a family of silver cars.  Sydney at least used to switch it up a little bit because she was blue (indigo ink pearl, to be exact), but we now have three silver cars - the 4Runner, the Civic and now the Sonata.  I used to poke fun at Michael's parents because all three of their cars are the exact same color, maroon - but I guess I can't do that anymore.  Sad.  :)