Saturday, April 21, 2012

What I know about slumber parties

Boys: Extremely loud.  Abounding Energy.  Running (and only running) through the house.  Nerf sword fights at 4:00 AM.  Sweaty and smelly.  Nerf bullets all over the house.  Unending wrestling.  Sleep in their sweaty clothes.  Go to bed just before the sun rises.

Girls: Giggly.  Moody.  Pouty.  Appreciative of a mom's planning.  Change into cute matching pajamas before settling in for a late movie.  Go to bed at 1:00. 

Anna had her first slumber party.  I decided I don't particularly love slumber parties, but it's not about me, ya know.  If I had to hear, "I'm calling my dad.  You're being mean!" one more time, I was gonna explode.   We took the kids to see Disney's Chimpanzee (excellent, BTW), and one of the girls asked me why I wasn't taking them to see Hunger Games.  While I wanted to say, "Because you're EIGHT and that would be highly inappropriate," I answered, "Anna chose this movie." 

All in all, the girls had a blast.  And while it's true I had to put out a few fires, nobody wanted to leave the next morning. 

Here's my slumber party cake from the Disney Family Fun web site, complete with a redhead for Anna's friend, Katelyn.



I know what she's thinking.  "You put a tea light on my cake?  Really?"


They decorated pillow cases.


I bought slumber party Mad Libs which turned into a giggle fest.  For some reason, it just never gets old when you are reading a story about smelly ankles or wrinkly boogers.

2 comments:

Lauren said...

Hehe! I love slumber parties! Looks like fun! (And cute cake, too!)

MELANIE said...

Oh man, maybe we won't have slumber parties at our house... ;) Glad she had fun though!