5 on Friday (or Monday)

1.  We have been busy.  And we are only going to get busier as the girls get older.  Maybe I should change the name of the post to "Random Happens on Whatever Day I Remember to Post Them."  The 5 on Friday thing does not seem to be working.   And maybe I could even include a picture or two!  Wouldn't that be exciting.

2. We cannot wait for warmer weather.   A few nice days have been very much enjoyed, and ended with two little girls fast asleep within minutes of laying them down for bed.  Oh the magic of fresh air!

3. Speaking of fresh air... it was so needed after we had a sick house (all except Ellie) the other week.

4. Happy Saint Patrick's Day!  The girls are sporting their green (or as much green as we can get a 1-year old with a VERY pink wardrobe) and we are ready to celebrate tonight with Irish beer  (or maybe just a beer of my choosing).

5. Neve knows when she needs to go potty.  She tells us before she goes potty that she needs to go.  She even asks to sit on the potty in the hopes of earning an M&M.  But she doesn't actually go potty on the potty.  On Saturday she was adamant that she was not going to wear a diaper.  We did not have anywhere to go, so we put big girl panties on her and went about our day, having her sit on the potty every hour or so.   She had to go.   She told us she had to go.  But she wouldn't go on the potty.  Then she squatted in the living room.  Luckily we caught her in time and ran her to the bathroom before it made a mess someplace other than on her clothes.  She still would not finish going potty on the potty.   Back to diapers we went (which she was OK with at this point).  I should have figured that with Ellie being so easy and young to potty train the next one was going to be more of a challenge.  She is young, we are not in a hurry--- but when she demands to wear big kid underwear and refuses to go potty on the potty it creates a bit of a problem.

6. Ellie is so excited for Nick's birthday this Thursday.  And the first day of Spring.   She talks about it every day!   I hope she is not too disappointed when the weather does not change to warm as soon as Thursday arrives.  I think in her mind spring means playing outside with the neighbors every day.

7. Ellie is also excited for Neve's birthday next week.   Her and I went to the mall the other weekend to pick out a present for her to give to Neve.   We spent 40 minutes in the Games & More Store at Valley West.  She loved it (for her and Neve)!   She finally decided on a teddy bear that just happened to be wearing a Happy Birthday t-shirt.  Do we need another stuffed animal in our house (for anyone who has seen our basement)... no.   Was it super cute watching her decide what to get her little sister... yes.   The bear it is!  

8. We celebrated Nick's birthday with his Mom and her husband Saturday night.  Nick decided he wanted to go to Buffalo Wild Wings, but we talked in the car that if it was too busy we could go to Jethros instead.   Ellie heard us talking.  She was really hoping that Buffalo Wild Wings was going to be too busy.  Sorry Ellie, all the ISU fans waited until after we were done to arrive.

9. Ellie's Princess Points have been working great.  She even took us out for frozen yogurt the other week (bonus!).   Lately she has just been collecting them.   Not spending them and not saving them for anything.  Just taking her nap and banking her Princess Point.   I find it interesting, but I am not sure why.

10. "What you doing?" aka Neve's favorite question.  She asks it ALL THE TIME!   Nick says she wants us to say it back to her and it is a game.   I going into long explanations on what I am doing, because I think she is genuinely interested in the happenings of my life (because sitting in a car riding home after work is very interesting).   Maybe Nick is correct, but I am going to pretend.