Matching jammies for their first slumber party.
This past weekend Abby reached a crucial milestone in becoming a kid. Gone is the toddler, she is now fully embarking upon honest to goodness “kid-dom.” She had her first slumber party with her cousin counterpart, who is exactly one year older than her.
Earlier in the week Abby declared her desire to have a sleepover, when I inquired as to who we would be inviting for such an event, there was no hesitation when she said we needed to call ‘Kayla. A phone call was made to my sister and after she had a conversation with her husband, it was agreed, we would get Makayla on Friday night.
Following you’ll get an up close and personal view of what it looks like to have a 4 and 5-year-old slumber party.
4:30 p.m. – Call my sister to see if we can pick up Makayla and take her to the store with us.
4:45 p.m. – With a giddy girl in tow, we dash up to the door and are greeted with equally matched giddiness. With her little roll-along suitcase in tow, followed by a flurry of kisses and “have funs” we are out the door and ready to kickoff our night.
4:50 p.m. – Upon getting the girls safely buckled in, as we head out of the driveway their giddiness cannot be contained as they giggle uncontrollably and play an adapted game of hide and seek…Buckled. In the car. Makayla: “Count to two Abby and I’ll hide.” Abby: “Okay! One, two, three, four…” Makayla: “No! Just to two Abby!” As she ducks her head to the side of the car seat.
5:45 p.m. – Following a successful outing to the store we arrived home and the girls volunteer to help make the pancakes. This required no small amount of negotiating skills on my part, as we determined who got to pour what in, followed by how long they got to stir before switching. Overall, phenomenal helpers.
As I finished up the pancakes and got the eggs and sausage going, the girls played some UNO Moo and Whack-a-Mole.
6:15 p.m. – We settle in with our breakfast for dinner and both the girls eat ridiculously well. Despite warnings from both her parents and Makayla herself that she doesn’t eat eggs, she had two helpings – we’ll simply call it the magic of Aunt Bec.
7:00 p.m. – The girls and I play a couple of rounds of UNO Moo before they decide they do in fact still have room in their tummies and vote that it’s most definitely time to get the popcorn popping.
7:30 p.m. – With only a small level of debate the girls pick their movie of the night and we end up with the fantastic third installment of Toy Story. Picking out the movie went too smoothly so we were due for at least a minor argument, which was the result of who got to sit on which chair and where.
Major drama was averted by piling pillows up for the girls to lay on complete with blankie snuggling. We got the popcorn popped and they settled in for loads of giggling fun.
9:15 p.m. – “Okay girls! Time to get ready for bed!” Already jammied up, this was met with no resistance as they shared the stool to brush their teeth…It was too easy.
--Phone call from my mother: “Well at least since they’re so little, you won’t have to deal with the whole staying up all night.” Me: “Oh, yeah…Totally.”
9:15 p.m. – 12:15 a.m. –
8:30 a.m. – “Shhh be quiet.” We’re up and running for the day. The girls have their breakfast, we catch some Saturday morning cartoons, and cap off our slumber party with some Go Fish and Crazy Eights.
While getting them to go to sleep definitely wasn’t easy-peasy I think we’ll go ahead and bill our first slumber party as a success!
Earlier in the week Abby declared her desire to have a sleepover, when I inquired as to who we would be inviting for such an event, there was no hesitation when she said we needed to call ‘Kayla. A phone call was made to my sister and after she had a conversation with her husband, it was agreed, we would get Makayla on Friday night.
Following you’ll get an up close and personal view of what it looks like to have a 4 and 5-year-old slumber party.
4:30 p.m. – Call my sister to see if we can pick up Makayla and take her to the store with us.
4:45 p.m. – With a giddy girl in tow, we dash up to the door and are greeted with equally matched giddiness. With her little roll-along suitcase in tow, followed by a flurry of kisses and “have funs” we are out the door and ready to kickoff our night.
4:50 p.m. – Upon getting the girls safely buckled in, as we head out of the driveway their giddiness cannot be contained as they giggle uncontrollably and play an adapted game of hide and seek…Buckled. In the car. Makayla: “Count to two Abby and I’ll hide.” Abby: “Okay! One, two, three, four…” Makayla: “No! Just to two Abby!” As she ducks her head to the side of the car seat.
5:45 p.m. – Following a successful outing to the store we arrived home and the girls volunteer to help make the pancakes. This required no small amount of negotiating skills on my part, as we determined who got to pour what in, followed by how long they got to stir before switching. Overall, phenomenal helpers.
As I finished up the pancakes and got the eggs and sausage going, the girls played some UNO Moo and Whack-a-Mole.
6:15 p.m. – We settle in with our breakfast for dinner and both the girls eat ridiculously well. Despite warnings from both her parents and Makayla herself that she doesn’t eat eggs, she had two helpings – we’ll simply call it the magic of Aunt Bec.
7:00 p.m. – The girls and I play a couple of rounds of UNO Moo before they decide they do in fact still have room in their tummies and vote that it’s most definitely time to get the popcorn popping.
7:30 p.m. – With only a small level of debate the girls pick their movie of the night and we end up with the fantastic third installment of Toy Story. Picking out the movie went too smoothly so we were due for at least a minor argument, which was the result of who got to sit on which chair and where.
Major drama was averted by piling pillows up for the girls to lay on complete with blankie snuggling. We got the popcorn popped and they settled in for loads of giggling fun.
9:15 p.m. – “Okay girls! Time to get ready for bed!” Already jammied up, this was met with no resistance as they shared the stool to brush their teeth…It was too easy.
--Phone call from my mother: “Well at least since they’re so little, you won’t have to deal with the whole staying up all night.” Me: “Oh, yeah…Totally.”
9:15 p.m. – 12:15 a.m. –
- “I need water.”
- “I’m scared.”
- “Aunt Becca, Abby doesn’t want to sleep in the tent.”
- “I want a cup.”
- “I’ve got to go potty.”
- “Can I call my mom to say goodnight?”
- “Abby wants to sleep in the tent again.”
- “Where’s my sleep buddy?”
- “I’m cold.”
- “Will you zip us in the tent?”
- “I love you.”
8:30 a.m. – “Shhh be quiet.” We’re up and running for the day. The girls have their breakfast, we catch some Saturday morning cartoons, and cap off our slumber party with some Go Fish and Crazy Eights.
While getting them to go to sleep definitely wasn’t easy-peasy I think we’ll go ahead and bill our first slumber party as a success!
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