On another note, Mummy and Daddy took their driving tests today. We were both ridiculously nervous, as if we’d never driven before! We had to go up to Yonkers with an instructor. When we arrived I took a lesson, as I’m really not that experienced driving in the States. Well on my first parallel park I bumped the curb, well instant fail!! That didn’t install very much confidence. But after driving around for thirty minutes and several successful attempts at parallel parking, I felt a lot more at ease. Then Daddy had a go, which was really useful as there are a lot of tricks that you need to know in order to pass.

We pulled up to a long line, which looked like a queue of traffic about twenty cars long, this was the test line, not quite the same as the UK. After forty or so minutes we were nearly at the front. Our instructor kept us entertained with lots of amusing stories about his previous students. He suddenly shouted out ‘yes’, he was anxious to see who our test instructor would be and he was very happy that it wasn’t this rather grumpy looking lady.

I decided to take my test first. We didn’t go on any of the anticipated roads we’d just been practicing on, she had me do a three point turn and then a parallel park consecutively (It was a great park)! We then went down the hill slowly but she pressed the brake, well I thought I’d failed. We then went round the block and then we were down, as simple as that. I passed, she even said I was a great driver! Then it was Daddy’s turn, I was sitting waiting thinking he’s taking ages, they pulled up and I was trying to see if Daddy was smiling, he wasn’t but the tester was, then they were in there for ages, so I thought what if they’re debating something on the test. After a couple of minutes he had to ask ‘How did I do’? She said, ‘Oh yes, you passed’!!!!

On the way home the instructor said ‘You both know you passed, right? Calm down’!

We are both very happy to have passed! Next step, car shopping!