The Sleepover

Stella's cousins, Anabelle and Claire, came for a sleepover! It was so fun just to watch them play and listen to them laugh nearly all night long! I kept smiling as I remembered the great friendship that my sister and I had with our cousin Stacy. The spaces in our ages almost coordinate exactly with Stella, Anabelle, and Claire.

So let me post some pictures that I thought of when I took this picture of the girls:
Only difference is that we should have been a little more mature than these 6, 5, and 3 year olds. We weren't. And yes, I'm holding Stacy's rear. None of us have space issues.

On with the sleepover! Claire fell asleep around 9:30 despite the fact that Anabelle and Stella were using their outside voices until 11:00 p.m.! YES, you heard me (read me) 11:00!!!! And then they all woke up at 6:30 in the morning.

After a delicious homemade waffle breakfast, we headed to the park to feed the ducks with the bread butts I've been saving for the last 3 weeks.

Stella was sad that I told her I wouldn't do anymore underdogs. Whaa.



Stella can't be bothered to hold still very long for a picture when there is something to climb instead.

On the way to take the girls home, I told them we could stop to get McDonalds first. I didn't know where a McDonalds was in their neighborhood, but I thought that if I drove around for a minute, I'd find one.

After a minute, I rhetorically asked the children, "Where is a McDonalds around here?" to which Anabelle quickly replied, "On a big road, you just have to be patient!" And then turning to Stella, she added in a near whisper, "Moms don't know how to be patient." She may very well be right.

We met Xan and the other kids (Ray, George, and Lucy) at McDonalds and then Xan offered to take Stella for a bit while I ran some errands and went to the gym. THANK YOU! Stella was exhausted on the way home.

Unfortunately, she looks a lot like me when I sleep.

I miss my sister and cousin, our adult sleepovers, and my jawline.