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May 17 2011

Our Own Banana Car

“With James and teacups with Wubie kittens popping in and out!”
— Lucy describing her dream (James is a cloud)

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When driving around, we usually play little “road games” with the kid. One game we play is “spot the banana car” which involves calling out any yellow vehicle we see on the road.

Earlier this month Jill had to drop her Mini Cooper off at the shop. When she was offered a loaner for the day, she was delighted to discover it was a shiny new yellow convertible Mini. Yep, a banana car of her own (for the day, anyway).

When Jill showed us the car we immediately took it for a spin, deciding on a trek to the Palo Alto Creamery (Lucy calls it “Milkshake Town”) for lunch.

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Later we made sure to take a drive at night with the top down. It was a lot of fun, especially for Lucy who’d never been in a convertible before.

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By mike • by Mike, Misc, The Kid • 2 • Tags: , , , , ,

Feb 19 2008

The big little car

fully loaded Minithe bathroom sink

A few weeks ago Mike wanted to return a sink he’d bought, but it wouldn’t fit in the Camry. So on a whim he measured the Mini Cooper and found that indeed, the big sink-vanity dealybob would fit in the Mini!

So he loaded it up and off he went (see pic). I bet there were some surprised stares in the Home Depot parking lot when he took the sink out!

Now that our baby girl has graduated to forward-facing seats and we have put the carseat back in the Mini, there will be no more sink-haulings. But it is nice to know that we could if we had to!

Geeky aside #1: I’ve noticed you can see my Mini in the Google map satellite view of our house.

Geeky aside #2: I still do the "mini wave" when I see another Mini.

By jill • by Jill, Geeky, Time Capsule • 1 • Tags: , ,