Marghita's Days and Hyundai

This morning was spent cleaning and straightening up our apartment which had about 3 days of Caleb's toys, cars and blocks scattered everywhere. I told him that he couldn't go on the "Bumpy cars" again today (Bumper Cars) unless he did some work for Mommy. I've never seen toys picked up faster! We met a bunch of Casa Alba kids at the ride section of the carnival as well. We were able to help them get on some rides as well...Olympia and Kristina did a great first time job on the Bumper Cars! Caleb wanted to go on the "boats", this ride that flies around in the air really fast in circles. I told him I would throw up if I did so he went on with his friend, Dani, and his mom instead. He was cracking up with laughter. What a huge change between the age 2 and age 3. Last year Caleb was screaming all during Marghita's days, refusing to go on even the baby rides. This year he wants to go on the flying crazy boats that his Mom can't even handle. No more baby Caleb...

There are stands set up in the park, each one with massive grills going full force. The smell is awesome! The most common item on them is "mici." These little sausages are given some spice, then grilled. You have a choice of mustard or garlic sauce (mujdei) to dip them into. Unfortunately they use a lot of baking soda in them so your stomach doesn't appreciate them as much as your taste buds do. I'll be staying away from the mici this year - just enjoy the smells instead!

Today I got word that the car the Lord provided for Caleb and I is officially bought, bill of sale in hand! For those of you who want to look it up online it is a Hyundai Atos Prime 1.0 2002. It's in great shape and only has 33,700 KM (take that divided by about 1.62 and you'll get Miles) on it!!
Maybe a 1.0 Litre engine is too small for you but for Caleb and I that means Romania will let us register it for a very small price. I'm more interested in saving money than going fast. It's blue and has a sun roof over almost the entire roof of the car. I will definitely be appreciating that come summer with no air conditioning. It's not a huge car but it is one that will work perfectly for the needs of Caleb and I getting to church the couple of times of week that we need to.

I'll be headin to Germany with Courtney on Wednesday to pick it up. My friends in Germany are anticipating problems with me obtaining temporary plates for this car. I need 30 day temporary plates in order to bring it back to Romania and permanently register it here. Please pray about this. Courtney and I need to leave Germany next Thursday by 11am in order to make it back around 2am - which is our goal. Please pray that this process goes smoothly that morning!