Sorry to hear the news. On the up side, at least the replacement is an Alfa. We used to have a 156 that got replaced with a Golf Plus - Still miss the Alfa a little. Do you mind me asking why the B was dismissed?
I have 2 kids and a third on the way - I am still hanging on to my B that gets me to work everyday even though its not overly practical. My boy (5) and girl (3) argue over whos going to be passenger in the B if we have both cars out.