This past Monday, Lily enjoyed her first sleepover at a friend's house. She has spent the night away before at my parents house or in Birmingham with Liz, but she has never stayed overnight with a friend before. She was overjoyed when I told her on Monday morning that she was going to Anna Powell's house and that Anna Claire Wright would be there too. She immediately wanted to start packing up and getting ready even though we weren't going until about 5PM. When I got home from work, she was all ready to go.
When we got to the Powells, we could hear the kids playing in the backyard. Sure enough Anna and Anna Claire were in the back playing with Anna's older sister, Sophia. Her two younger brothers and parents came out to greet us. Mia came running behind Lily, jumped and spread her arms wide open and proudly announced, "Guess who's here?!" Anna's eyes got really wide, and she leaned in to whisper to Lily. I heard Lily respond "No, she's not going to stay." All the kids played for a few minutes while I talked to Sonya and Chad. Then I rounded up Mia so we could go on our date, and gave Lily a big hug. She excitedly ran back to her friends.
The next day, she couldn't wait to tell me all about it. She told me how they made their own pizzas for dinner; Sonya told me there were making English Muffin pizzas, and how she put sauce, three pepperonis and cheese on it. She said she had the choice of watermelon or blueberries and she picked blueberries because she loves them. She told me all about getting to wear one of Anna's bathing suits so they could go to the pool in their neighborhood, and how much fun that was. She is really loving swimming these days! She told me how they watched a great movie called Spy Kids, and she wondered if I had ever seen it. When I said no, I hadn't, she said "It was great Mommy. You have to watch it sometime soon." She told me how she and Anna Claire slept on the bottom of the bunk bed while Sophia slept on top and Anna slept on the floor. When they woke up they had "the most awesome Cheerios. They were way better than ours. More crispy." Honestly, I don't think we have stale Cheerios, but apparently, we do. Anna Claire's mom picked her soon thereafter, and then Sonya brought Lily home. Liz said she went to her room and fell asleep about 10:45 and then she didn't wake up until almost 2:00!
Obviously, Lily had a blast. I am so glad she has such sweet friends, and it's so fun to see her enjoying her time with them. I hope we can do this again soon!
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