Plenty of young guys at home are counting the days Hayden Panettiere turns 18 (four to go!) but Mario Lopez has decided to go for the original.

We’re talking about Hayden’s mom, Lesley Panettiere!

Okay, we’re being misleading here. But cameras spotted them together outside of Ivy last night in L.A. - plus Hayden’s dad and brother, Jansen Panettiere.

Photographers jokingly asked Mario about their “date” and he played it off, saying, “My first date with Lesley… and her son and her husband.”

Hayden Panettiere was nowhere in sight, but the paparazzi asked Mario if he had any birthday wishes for her, reminding him that, you know, she’s turning legal next week.

He just laughed and said, “You guys are too funny.”

In a related note, Mario Lopez will be hosting the Miss Teen USA pageant August 24. Hayden Panettiere is not competing - she would dominate it, why not let someone else take a shot?!

Great actress.

Young sex symbol.

Cheerleader with super powers.

You can describe Hayden Panettiere in many ways, but don’t forget to add this one to the list: nice older sister.

See here, Hayden is out for a nice stroll with 12-year old brother Jansen. Aren’t they adorable?

Hayden Panettiere and her little brother, Jansen Panettiere, 13, attended the Orange County Flyers game at Cal-State Fullerton Saturday in Fullerton, Calif.

The Heroes cheerleader sang with co-star Greg Grunberg’s all-star Band From TV. Backed by the band, Hayden performed Meredith Brooks’ “B!tch” and Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic.”

Hayden’s boyfriend, Stephen Colletti, was also there to cheer her on.

Panettiere joined Grunberg on drums, along with Desperate Housewives‘ James Denton on guitar, House’s Hugh Laurie on piano and Bachelor star Bob Guiney and Kitchen Confidential actress Bonnie Somerville on lead and backing vocals.

Hayden Panettiere, 17, was also seen out and about Saturday on the streets of Los Feliz, Calif. Her debut album comes out later this year!

It’s the ultimate high-school girl’s fantasy.

You’re on a sound stage, surrounded by a hairdresser, makeup artists and racks of beautiful clothes. A camera crew follows you as you shoot a TV commercial for which you’re getting paid big bucks.

Welcome to the world of Hayden Panettiere.

She’s been in front of the cameras since her audition for a commercial at eight months old, “before she could even sit up straight,” says her mom, Lesley. Panettiere, who turns 18 August 21, stars on Heroes as Claire Bennet, who inspired the show’s catchphrase “Save the cheerleader, save the world.”

At this Sunday shoot, Hayden Panettiere is joined by her 12-year-old brother, Jansen Panettiere, who’s followed his big sis into show business.

In the Nickelodeon movie The Last Day of Summer (premiering Friday at 8 pm/ET) he plays a boy who dreads going to school and wishes Labor Day would last forever.

Don’t we all…

As they sit down to talk with TV Guide, Hayden Panettiere — at her mother’s prompting — starts to interview her brother.

Hayden Panettiere: Why are you so handsome?

Jansen Panettiere: ‘Cause I got good genes from my mom.

Hayden: You are hurting Dad’s feelings.

Jansen: [To his father, Skip, who is also at the shoot] Dad, you gave me a very balanced body. [To Hayden Panettiere] Now, why are you so gorgeous?

Hayden: Because I am related to you. Why did you get the dark skin and the dark eyes?

Jansen: It is a lot harder for me because [Hollywood] likes blond, blue-eyed kids.

Hayden: No one wants him to play white. He is doing a feature film, The Perfect Game….

Jansen: I play a Hispanic baseball player from the 1950s.

Hayden: What’s your character like in The Last Day of Summer?

Jansen: I don’t think he is extremely… energized? How do you say it?

Hayden: Energetic. You, by the way, are very energetic.

Jansen: Thank you for noticing. My character does not have the electricity that I have. During the film his confidence gets a total boot.

Hayden: Boot! You mean boost.

Jansen: Oh my god. I can’t work with her. [To his mother] Mom, Hayden is picking on me.

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