Over the summer Brenna had her first "slumber party" at her house. Her first away from home slumber party was with Blain and Kallie over the Christmas break last year, but this was the first one at her house. She was really missing her BFF Tia, and had been begging for months to have Tia come over for a slumber party. I had been wanting to do it, but just hadn't found the
energy time to pull it off. I finally decided in July that we needed to get it done!! So we talked to Nikki and got everything planned. Brenna bounced off the walls for two days and planned every detail of what she and Tia would do during their sleepover. By the time that the actual day got there, I could barely contain her! I have to admit, I was a little excited too!! We planned lots of fun things to keep us busy.
As soon as Tia got there, Brenna was ready for our first activity-painting picture frames!
After they finished their artwork, Nina brought us some pizza! Neither girl was really interested in eating at that point, but I did manage to talk them into eating about a 1/2 slice each before they were off to Brenna's room to play some more. I was VERY glad Nina was willing to bring us pizza, because I knew there was absolutely no way I would be venturing out of the house with THREE kiddos all by myself!
After a little more play time, MeMawMom came over to make homemade ice cream with us! The girls LOVED it! They were very helpful in the ice-adding department. Waiting on the ice cream to freeze did prove to be a bit of a bit of a challenge, but with a few distractions and some dress up clothes, we managed to wait it out.
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| FINALLY! We get to EAT it!! |
After Ice Cream, we put Macie to bed and changed into our jommies. The girls played in Brenna's room and did a little more painting. Then when we decided it was about bed time, we made some popcorn and a very comfy pallet in Brenna's bedroom floor and got ready to enjoy "Free Willy". The girls had never seen it before, so I was very excited to watch it with them. I was instructed to sleep in Brenna's bed while they slept on their pallet.
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This is the QUEEN of all pallets! There are like 6 quilts under them.
*Notice Shamu laying between them. Brenna said he wanted to watch Free Willy too because it was his favorite movie. |
They lasted about 45 minutes watching the movie and then they were done and ready for some Dora. Then they lasted about another 15 minutes before they were done with the pallet. I didn't think they would ever make it with both of them in Brenna's bed, so I sent them into my bed to watch cartoons. I think Brenna lasted about 5 minutes before she fell asleep (because at this time it was about 11:30!!). So Tia came to the living room and got me and told me she needed me to come lay down with her. So I did, and within 30 seconds, she was snoring. I realized quickly that the 3 of us would never be able to sleep in the same bed, so I opted for the couch! When I went back in to check on them about 20 minutes later, this is what I found...
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| Sweet Girls! |
We had a BLAST at our slumber party. Pretty sure we were all worn out the next day, but it was totally worth it. Brenna is still talking about it. I LOVE making memories with my girls.
