Scooter Berkeley Waterfront, Ute Crashes Her Car

April 23, 2008 Wednesday
Kai and I met up with Ute and Lukas at IKEA in Emeryville for a delicious (and cheap) meal of Swedish meatballs and mac-n-cheese for the boys. After spending a couple hours there chasing after the laughing and screaming boys through the toy department, we headed out with our buys.

Kai scoots under the pedestrian bridge in Berkeley along highway 80, with lollipop in mouth.
I waited for Ute in the parking lot so that she could follow me via car, to get some fresh air at the Berkeley waterfront. And she showed up with a long face and was quite upset. She had backed her car into a garage column detroying her driver's side mirror, and part of her car door frame and front-side quarter panel. She had a difficult time trying to see through her dark-tinted minivan windows and crashed as a result. I tried to be optimistic for her that she hadn't hit another car or a pedestrian!
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Woo hoo! I also told her she was part of my club now- you know, The Mommy's Who Rip Their Side-door Mirror's Off Their Minivan Club.


We let the boys loose to throw rocks into the water, which they really enjoyed. It was a good idea to have them wear helmets because they're not quite straight-shooters.


Looking for the perfect rock or garbage to throw.


The ice plants are in bloom! Look at our little pansies! Uh- boys!

Lukas gives Kai a kiss good bye. How sweet!