Birthday Sleepover!

Last Friday, Eli and Emma had a sleepover for the first time! Since they didn't do a "friend" birthday party we decided they could do a birthday friend sleepover! They each got to choose one friend; Eli chose Clayton and Emma chose Lily.

The night started out with dinner. We had chicken and rice soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. They were all too excited to worry about eating, but I think they each ate one bowl of soup! After they ate dinner Eli and Emma were ready to open the birthday presents that Clayton and Lily brought for them! Clayton brought Eli a Bakugan Battle Brawler and Lily brought Emma a Tinkerbell Paint Pen Set. They were both super excited!

Here are the girls checking out Emma's new pens!:

After opening their gifts, Clayton brought a Wii game from his house and the boys began to play a shooting Nerf game.:

While the boys were playing on the Wii, the girls thought it would be fun to COLOR!

After a while Emma suggested that we play Twister Hopscotch, a game that Santa left for her! Brent and I thought that this game would get some energy out and tire them after a while. Boy were we wrong! This game got them hyper....hopping, singing, dancing, wiggling, it was hilarious!

They were having so much fun they all just burst out dancing! Clayton and Lily have ALL the moves!

So, it was time to settle down and get pajamas on to get ready for movie and popcorn time! Once again, Emma suggested earlier in the week that they watch Alvin and the Chipmunks. Here they are nestled in Eli and Emmas' beds.:

After the movie, Brent set up thier sleeping bags in the bonus room and I read a Berenstain Bears book to them and they tried, and tried, and tried to go to sleep! After about an hour of talking and giggling they finally drifted off to sleep and we didn't hear a peep from them all night!They all did really well! The boys heard Brent the next morning getting ready for a hiking trip so they woke up kind of early, but they hopped in bed with me and stayed quiet until the girls got up! Clayton had to leave early for a basketball game, but Lily spent the day with us and the girls had a relaxing bubble bath!:

Eli and Emma want to say thank you to Clayton and Lily for making this night so fun-filled! I hope that these friendships will last a lifetime!