They Came, They Saw, They Conquered

I decided to invite three of Wild Thing's friends over for her first-ever slumber party.

Yeah. I said it: slumber party. She's had sleepovers, but never a slumber party. And isn't it about time?

It is, after all, Spring Break: The Time of All Things Fun.

And I am, after all, Mom: Hostess of All Things Fun.

As my friend Denise pointed out, I am fresh off a spa weekend in Vegas. I should have been prepared for this. And, as a matter of fact, I thought I was.

Four girls, one mom. (Why bring the men-folk into this?)

I'm all about the fun. And the limits. So I figured I had it down: I'd let them watch a movie and stay up late. The term "late" here meaning 10:30pm.

I stayed upstairs until 11:30 and made sure all was quiet. I congratulated myself on the success of a slumber party well done.

They had played board games, played outside, pretended to be dog catchers, school teachers and students, and put makeup on each other. Then we made popcorn and watched a movie.

Oh yes. Fun indeed. Down and asleep by 11:30.

Except that they weren't. Asleep, that is.

Midnight: pitter-patter, giggle. Go to sleep, girls! Quiet. Smug smile. Midnight isn't so bad.

One o'clock: Knock on my bedroom door. "We can't sleep!" Re-tucking of four little girls. Quiet. OK. We're good now. Right? Because really. I'm tired now.

Two o'clock: Pitter-patter, giggle, giggle, giggle, water running. Really? Are you kidding me? Girls! Sleep! No talk! I fall asleep on the chair upstairs in the playroom so I can make sure the sleep took this time.

Three o'clock: I wake up. Quiet.

Five o'clock: I wake up and stumble downstairs to bed.

Seven o'clock: Girls awake. OMG.

Y'all? They totally kicked my trash. Wild Thing wasn't even cranky the next day. And she didn't nap.

She's already talking about the next one.

Help me, six pound, four ounce Baby Jeebus with your Baby Einstein videos.

Comments

[We are THAT family]

And THIS in a nutshell is WHY I haven't done it. The sleepover.

[Kellyn]

You are a brave women...and I bow to you! Boo went to her first slumber part in January, and the mother was a SAINT!! She had 6 girls, and they too were up until almost 2 giggling with each other. And, not a one of them was tired at 8 am when they got up.
I figure at least one more year, then maybe...we have had sleep overs, but mostly cousins not other kids.

[Shalee]

This is why we madethe girl wait until 11 yo. We just stuffed them in the basement, shut the door and said that they could stay up as long as they wanted, but they couldn't be cranky the next morning. Worked out well that their folks came and picked them up at 10 AM. We were only left with one not-supposed-to-be-cranky girl. She wanted a nap, but I wouldn't let her have it. She went to bed MIGHTY EARLY that night.

Glad to hear that you survived... now you need a nap!

[green3]

Slumber parties aren't for SLEEPING! What made you think that they were?

Three WENT to a slumber party Friday night. Six 5th grade boys. Yikes. Then he was at a sleepover last night, another one tonight. It's starting to be all about the friends.

[emily]

ah, i remember those days. can't imagine how you made it through the next day. :/