Slumber Party!!!!

Ruth's husband, Jeremy travels a lot and we coordinated a night when both hubbies were out of town to have a slumber party!  We had been talking about this for almost a year so we couldn't believe we were finally making it happen!!  Ruth and her kids arrives around 1:00pm last Wednesday, just in time for lunch, our first of 3 meals together.  We love to have extended playdates, but this took it to a whole new level!

My kids were beyond giddy when I told them the plan...and I was too!

The afternoon was simply wonderful, there was lots of playing, laughing, running, smiling and Ruth and I looking at each other and saying, "how cool is this!?"

I didn't get many pictures of the afternoon, but we played games; Alexia and Keona spent hours in Alexia's room playing dress up and house; Anjuli and Diego played lots of board games; we had a fire going and music playing; Marco had a nap; Diego and Anjuli climbed the magnolia tree; Ruth and I served coffee, cookies and fruit and took turns reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to the 6 big kids; Ruth made homemade pizza for dinner and we just relished our time together!

After a yummy dinner, everyone got ready for bed and we had all the kids tucked in by 7:45.  We let them stay up late talking, but at least they were on their own.  Keona and Alexia slept together upstairs and Diego and Anjuli slept on the playroom floor.  

Ruth and I stayed up until almost 1:00am talking which was such a treat!  

I had emailed Diego's teacher and asked if he could get to school at 9:30 on Thursday since we were having a special sleepover and we wanted him to join us for a nice breakfast.  She was completely supportive and sweet about it.

In the morning we had pumpkin pancakes, played a bit and then we all hit the road at 9:00am.

Playing Guess Who?

Alexia and Keona were so excited to see each other's pajamas that they jammied up before dinner.  How cute is Callen in this picture?!

 Enjoying our yummy dinner together!

 And here are all 7 kids in front of the fireplace:

Marco and Callen LOVE Lyanna and were so sweet with her!