It's Party Time!

Well, I have to say to all those moms that I tormented as a child at sleepovers, I'm so very sorry. But I made it through the first of many sleepovers as a parent! It was fun, even though there was not a lot of sleeping that went on. Lexy had a great time. She really enjoyed being with her friends. I can't believe that she is 7 years old now! Here are some pictures of the fun evening that we had with her friends.

This one is at the start of the party. I wasn't quite sure if that swing could hold 5 girls but it hung in there. From left to right we have Sarah, Ilana, Alexis, Madelyn and Caitlin. Natalie was there also but she arrived just after we took this picture.


The big event that took place before dark was a scavenger hunt around the neighborhood. We went to people that we know and this one is with Brad (Matt's coworker), Maci, Carson and Cohen. The girls had to ask for a piece of candy for each of them and, instead of just giving them one piece each, Brad gave each of them a full thing of Starburst. They thought it was pretty special. Thanks guys for making it fun for them!


This next one is with one of the site supervisors here in Sun Meadow. They had to ask for Band-aids. Well, he didn't have any at his house but he knew that he had some in the shack. So they followed him there and then they decided that they needed to put them on their noses. They pretended all the way back to our house that someone had broke their noses. At least they don't know about nose jobs yet! Left to right again, Natalie, Caitlin, Ilana, Madelyn, Alexis, Sarah, and Ismael.


Oh, yes. Next was our dance party after everyone got there PJ's on. They had a blast. I thought they would dance off all there energy but it didn't work.


I think they got tired of dancing, so they just started to run around in circles.


Here we are about to do cake. Alexis wanted an orange flavored cake with real flowers that you can eat. The girls wanted the house dark so they could use their butterfly lanterns. Here Matt is getting ready to light the candles and was asking the girls if he should light the streamers hanging down from the light fixture which happened to be right above the cake. They were all very concerned.


Here's the very happy birthday girl.


Next, let the pillow fight begin! It didn't last very long though. I was concerned about girls getting hit in the head and crying.


Well, I thought it would be bed time after they watched their movie but that didn't happen. It was very interesting fitting all 6 of the girls in our living room.

Now, don't worry about Kendra. She did feel a little left out but she got to go on a special date with Daddy. Matt took her bowling and she got a stike, or an X as she puts it, and then he took her to Dairy Queen for a special treat. She had fun with Daddy.
Landon was up most of the night right along with the girls. He, however, wasn't being giggly and talkative but cranky and crabby. He started to cut his top teeth that night and it lasted for 3 more nights.

~Amanda