5 on Friday

1.   On Tuesday's Nick usually takes care of Neve while I take Ellie to dance class.  This Tuesday he opted to ride his bike since it was supposed to be super cold on Wednesday.  As we were driving home from work Tuesday night Neve kept asking where Daddy was.  I told her over and over that he was biking.   We got home and Ellie started getting ready for dance.  I was changing laundry and Neve comes up to me looking a little perplexed and we had the following conversation:
   N: Where is Daddy?
   M:  Daddy is biking, remember?
   N: Who am I going to look at when Ellie and you go to dance class?
   M: Huh?
   N: I will be all alone!
   M: Oh Neve, you are going to dance class with us!
   N:
   M: Neve, what are you doing?
   N:
   M: Oh sweetie, you will not be in dance class, you will be with Mommy in the lobby!

2. Our conversation with Ellie on the way home from school on Wednesday:
    E: What is for dinner tonight?
    Nick: Tuna
    E: We just listened to that song at day-care!   Tuna Matata!

   Dear Ellie, Tuna and Hakuna Matata (from the Lion King) are not the same thing.

3. We had a blast last weekend watching my niece play basketball in the State AAU tournament.   Her team did awesome and made it to the finals!  Great job, Sam!  Nick arrived home from a bike ride at the same time as I checked the score of the most recent game (against a really strong team) and saw that they won!   Nick asked if I wanted to go to the finals, so I quickly rushed to Ankeny to catch the final game.   The girls did awesome, even if they got second place.

4. After one of the basketball games we went out to lunch at Panera.  With 14 of us, we sort of took over an entire area.  It worked out perfectly because the grown-ups were able to talk while the kids played.   We loved it and I love the relationship the cousins have with each other.

5. Note to self: do not plan on watching a movie that you may or may not own, is not available for rent on Amazon, and is not able to be purchased at the nearest Best Buy.   To Disney: putting movies in the "vault" sucks.   Thank you to Netflix, we will be watching the Lion King very soon.