My girls usually enjoy one special aspect of summer: sleepovers. During the school year they are not allowed to spend the night away from home because of the disastrous results that come with sleepovers: extremely bad moods, two day recovery time, irritation with family members and general lack of decent personality. With summer, however, there is no such law. Find as many friends as you can who will allow you to come to their house as many nights as possible! And, we allow them to have friends at our house, as well. (Just in case you thought we were only trying to get rid of our kids.)And so it begins...
Friday, June 6: Rebecca sleeps over at Emily's house. Comes home late on Sat., so there is not much time to have any difficulties with family members.
Monday, June 9: Rebecca sleeps over at Amanda's house. Arrives home on Tues. tired and mildly cranky, but must put on a good face to do the taste test at church and discipleship that night with Miss Barb.
Tuesday, June 10: Katherine sleeps over at Abi's for a Sunday School party. Arrives home on Wed. having had about 5 hours of sleep. Heads for bed, but is thwarted by dad who insists she must paint the shed. Not happy.
Wednesday, June 11: Abigail sleeps over at Brittany's and Katherine sleeps over at Jessica's. The favored remaining child is allowed to stay up extremely late because her parents are watching a movie and forget that she is in her room -- awake until at least midnight!
Thursday, June 12: Oh, what poor misguided fools! Did we not realize that 3 days of sleepover thrills were not going to equal one Thursday of family love? Ah, no we did not. Jeff took the smart route and spent most of the day in Dallas, as did Katherine, leaving me home with the two most delightful post-sleepover children you have ever seen. I don't think they said one kind word to each other all day. Yes, it was truly that special.
Friday, June 13: Abigail's friend, Emma, comes to our house to spend the night. FRIDAY, THE 13TH! Anybody want the other two???
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Heck no, I don't want the other two... or even one. You, on the other hand, are welcome to escape the madness and come scrapbook at my house, if you can pack up your supplies, that is.
Send Rebecca this way. We have attitude all around. She will fit right in!
So, what happens when they go away to camp?
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