Saturday was a great day at our house. I wish i could describe it in pictures, but we didn’t really take any…in fact, we really couldn’t. You can’t really capture an experience in pictures.

We started out by getting ready for the day and then venturing to our basement to play Mario Cart on our N64. We know it isn’t the most up to date gaming system…but we love it, and don’t really get to play it often, so on this drizzly and overcast day we thought it would be fun. We had an absolute blast. There is nothing like playing a video game with your two year old. She had her own controller, and added a new degree of difficulty to the game when she wanted to switch controllers every 10 seconds and it seemed like the only button she could hit with any certainty was the one that paused the game. I recommend this to gamers who think they have every aspect of the game conquered.

On we ventured to the library to pick up a movie. I’m happy to say it was semi-uneventful there. I’m always kind-of afraid to take Ellie to places where quiet is the standard, but knowing how the WPL works, I usually don’t get too worried about it.

From the library, we went to Hy-Vee. Hy-Vee on a Saturday is always an adventure. Nathan and I never used to go until after 9 p.m. and then we had Ellie. We still don’t usually go on a Saturday, but this day was a must, so off we went. The one good thing about grocery stores on Saturdays is that it is usually sample day…a way to keep Ellie occupied. Thank You Hy-vee for always providing tortilla chips for my child to munch on, but saturday was the jackpot. She had pizza, followed by chocolate ice cream, and quite possibly something else I’ve lost track of. We actually contemplated just feeding her lunch at the sample counters but then decided we’d feed her a small lunch before nap when we got home.

The culmination of our wonderful day though was upon driving away from Hy-vee. I turned and asked Ellie if we should go home and have some more lunch…to which she looked at me very seriously and replied “ribbit.” Nathan and I just cracked up laughing.

It was one of the best days I could have ever asked for.