And We're Off!

Really we are!  Actually Thing 1 is.  A few weeks ago she passed her permit test and received this little piece of paper that qualifies her to get behind the wheel.

 Ahem, but I do not remember being asked permission for this milestone.  How did we arrive here so quickly?  How is it that my eldest daughter is sitting in the driver's seat and I have been relegated to the back of the family vehicle?