5 on Friday

1. We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter on Sunday!  The Easter Bunny visited our house the night before.  "She" had a cold, so she hide the eggs right after putting Ellie to bed.  Of course Ellie came out of her room a half an hour after the eggs were hide and instantly noticed them.   I told her I hadn't seen the Easter Bunny (sneaky bunny!) and maybe he was still there--- she better get back to bed and quick!  2 hours later (yes, 2.5 hours past her normal bedtime), she was in our bedroom and so excited about the Easter baskets the bunny left.   She was not tired and wanted to know when she could get up!

2. One might think that since Ellie got to bed so late she would sleep in a little bit... nope!   Up an hour and 15 minutes earlier than usual and ready to find eggs!   Once Neve and Daddy woke up we had our Easter egg hunt and headed off to church.   After that we headed to my aunt's house in Marshalltown for lunch and another egg hunt.  We were on the road back home around 3:20, with Neve falling asleep within 5 minutes of getting into the car.

3. We purchased a new game this week: "Ticket to Ride." Nick and I decided we were not spending enough time with each other between studying, biking and everything else going on.  When we would hang out we would watch a movie (which usually resulted in me falling asleep and headed up to bed 30 minutes into it).   Since we love to play games we brought out "The Game of Life" the other week.   It was so much fun and we had a great time together.   Since we cannot find out cribbage board (not sure where it ended up after the fire), Nick went on a hunt to find a new game to play that works well with just two players.   "Ticket to Ride" was the ultimate winner.   You can finish a game in 20 minutes or less with just two players (although the game can be played with more).   We loved it!   And I must say, I dominated Nick both times we played.   That doesn't happen (and I may have been bankrupt at the end of our "Life"game).

4. On Saturday morning we went shopping for a bedroom set for Genevieve.  The hunt continues, as we were unimpressed with pretty much everything we saw.

5. Since I commented so much about Neve's teeth coming in, I am happy to report that she has been sleeping through the night and the teeth pain is gone (at least until her 2-year molars come in).  It has been wonderful!