the big sleepover

Grace' s sister had her first sleepover friday night...I was not sure why I said OK to diapers, up at night, tantrums and all that go with a 2 year old but Grace was excited so we go...Grace and I pick her up after dinner...I thought she would be a little excited...she was vibrating when we opened the door...she was just bouncing around like one of those excited little atoms. She has got her stuff on and her bag packed...she is babbling incoherently about her blankie, she jumps up on Grace then jumps into my arms...I guess she is ready.


She has not been to our house in at least 6 months so the whole way (3.2 minutes) she is chanting something about dimmy's house. If nothing else children can bring to you an excitement for things we jadedly take for granted everyday. Fun.


We had a good night. Grace and I read to her and she was ready for bed she was so happy to be in Grace's room sleeping with her. She is doing better with her language. I think she is picking up about 90% of what we are saying to her. Whoa ...is she a firery little thing....the "NO"s come leaping out of her if it's not her way...we had to "convince" her a couple of times to see things our way.



Good night sleep...only two "pops" for blanket uncoverings and the girls are ready for a little saturday morning cartoons. Maria approved of the Bravia XBR9. "Dimmy I wan wa TB". OK buddy.


I dragged the girls out for a little leaf jumping...Maria was not as comfortable with the concept as Grace but got used to the jumping in slowly.




We included a shot of the stump...thats where we removed the silver maple hanging over the





house...big tree.


After a few dance classes and books we got some lunch. Grace has a new afinity for Big Macs so we got a couple of those on the way home and some fries. Maria said she would like some fries so we arranged for her to enjoy those as part of her lunch. You can see that convincing her to eat was not really an issue.






I think Maria enjoyed her stay...I dropped her off at 5 staurday and she just sorta looked at me as if I just called her a name on the playground. She was strong and did not cry but clearly she will be wanting a return trip soon. Grace loves her so much and Maria loves her big sister in a big way so I am sure there is more to come.