Have I mentioned that Squirrel Girl is taking driver's education? In my state they start early--14!!!--but after driver's ed she'll be required to practice for 50 or 60 hours with a parent in the front seat before she's allowed to get a "real" license at age 16.
So today Squirrel Girl is finishing up three weeks of classes at Jungle Survival Driver's Training. They emphasize defensive driving, with a jungle theme. A really big, over the top jungle theme.
Oh, but wait, it gets better!
Jungle themed cars! Now, at first I was rolling my eyes at cars painted to look like lions and tigers (that sedate rain forest one above is an older pic I pulled from their website). But then I realized how much other drivers pay attention to those jungle cars, which is a good thing to ponder when I'm sitting at home worrying about my 14 year old out with her instructor, driving on the highway for the first time. Hopefully she's learned to drive like a cat, alertly scanning for predators and ready to react with lightening fast feline reflexes...okay, okay, enough with that metaphor.
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One last thing. If you tried to download the free pincushion pattern pdf yesterday, you may have noticed a glitch. All better!
I'd pay attention if I saw that car driving along.
Posted by: Sue | September 03, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Driving at 14... wow, that is early. Here in Norway they can get their licence at 18, and they can start drivers ed at 16....
Cool car!!
Posted by: Anne Heidi | September 04, 2009 at 12:40 AM
I wish WE made them wait until 18 until they drove alone. Maybe I should paint tiger stripes on my old Volvo wagon, so that people see her coming!
Smiles,Amy
Posted by: squirrel momma | September 04, 2009 at 06:22 AM