Success (I think....)

Ah yes, today is a day that will live in infamy. The day "the Twins" got their Learners' Permits. Yes, they were successful....passing the test (barely). Happy to say they scored equally on the test, so there will be no further one-ups-manship there. Au did get his permit first - his processor was faster, so he took the test first, declared it "harder that I thought" and proceeded on through the next step.




MVA was much easier than I thought. I was prepared for 3 hours, but it only took us 1.5 hours. Not so bad.

Then they drove. Yes, I let them drive.



Au went first (taken with my cell phone! And no I didn't talk on the phone, text or blackberry while they were driving. And I only hit my imaginary brake a couple times....)
and they drove along a back road behind the MVA for a while. When comfortable, we spread out, eventually going on a 4 lane road (remember where we live nearly every road is at least 4 lanes, and just outside our neighborhood, all roads are 6 lane). Au said, "I will never need Starbucks again. I am so nervous I am wide awake." He did GREAT, not even a scare. Drove for about 40 minutes, then backed the truck into a parking spot at Home Depot! Wow. (Yes and empty spot with empty spots all around). He took us back to where he started and Sh took over.


She did equally as well, amazing me. She did the same progression, then even stopped at the gas station and she pumped some gas! Train 'em up early how to keep gas in that tank. Yes I supervised all the way.

Cute how they wore the same color shirt, eh? (Sh was mortified to discover this at MVA...)

Then I let Sh take us all the way home. It was a little nerve-wracking as she kind of liked to get close to the side of the road. I only had to shout out "curb!!!" once, and I thought sure we were going to wipe out a mailbox in our neighborhood. But overall she was awesome.


40 minutes each down, 59 hours 20 minutes to go until January 28 when they can get their real license...



OH and props for mom. They both said, "You give good directions. You're a good teacher."





Smiles!