SleepOver

Gloria was invited to a friends house to spend the night. She REALLY wanted to go- but we had to say "No". We do not allow our kids to spend the night at other peoples homes. Ever. For personal reasons, we just don't do it. We do, however, allow our kids to have friends sleep here. I know... it sounds hypocritical (is that a word?), but when we have kids here we take a lot of precautions. 1. We keep the kids busy, busy, busy until they crash into bed to sleep.

2. All girls, including little sisters who tattle-tale, sleep in the same room.

3. I sleep on the couch outside of their room.

4. We set alarms.

These are things that we do to keep the kids safe and keep them out of mischief. So, we had Gloria's friends over to spend the night last weekend to make up for her not being able to sleep over with her friends the weekend before. We had a great time. We let the girls ride the quads until it was too dark to be outside. Then we had cheese pizza for dinner. We then made sugar cookies and decorated them. Then we did some dancing and singing with everyone. After that, we played cranium until 11:00 pm!! The kids loved it- everyone played, including Travis. There was a lot of laughing and giggling involved. Then we put on a G rated movie and watched it until the kids fell asleep. In the morning when they woke up at the crack of dawn- we pulled out the shrinky dinks and made jewelry, key fobs and magnets. Then the kids went outside and jumped on the trampoline, rode bikes and skateboards until their moms showed up. It was a successful sleep over and we had a great time. I am glad that Gloria has made such good friends that are so sweet and nice, they play so well with her brother and sisters, which makes us so happy! We have been blessed that Gloria has always found great friends with good values.