Yaris

Instead of picking Calvin up from his job late at night, we've decided not to. Instead of taking Calvin to school early in the morning, we've decided he should take himself.  Our family grew by one car yesterday. We are now the proud owners of a 2007 Toyota Yaris. We haven't named it yet, but I'm voting for "Miss Joyful, maybe?*"... Anyways, it will be nice to have another car, along with our new driver. 

Becasue we're super fun parents, I called the school and had them send Calvin out for an appointment (with destiny). He was already outside when we pulled up; Ryan first in the minivan, and me with the new (2007 totally used) car. He didn't even notice me and walked over to the van, but as he was opening the van door, he glanced behind him and I caught his attention. His eyes went huge and he walked over to the car. It was such a fun moment.

To be clear, ti's totally not his car. In reality though, he'll be driving it most of the time. My favorite part of the day was about an hour later after dropping the car off at the school, Calvin walked into our house with two of his friends for lunch. He could have gone anywhere with all the freedom of a new car, but wanted to raid our fridge instead. We had fajita leftovers, so his thrifty ways paid off. I love that boy.  I hope for many home lunches to come.

* From the movie Austenland, when Jane tries to pick her stage name for the theme park she's attending, a theme park that is supposed to resemble the early 1800's... instead she's named Ms. Earstwhile. Bummer.