In the original story, there was one princess, up to 20 mattresses, and a single pea. In our little tale, there are three princesses, one mattress and nary a legume in sight. We do have lots of blankets, books, and giggles.
Sarah and the girls snuggle in for bedtime. Notice Tarah’s smile.
Rachel was invited to a birthday sleepover this weekend. We were offered Adam (the birthday girl’s brother) in exchange for Rachel. I figured that was a good beginning and so I bargained (I’m quite the savvy shopper) for the youngest sister of the birthday girl as well. Now we were starting to get some where. A phone call or two later and I had managed to snag another 5 year old. In the end, the older sisters all went off to the birthday party and the younger girls came here.
Rachel, having learned from prior Princess Parties, tucked the ladder to her top bunk in my closet. Hmmm. I wonder if she really thinks that will stop 3 persistent princesses, one of whom is already an accomplished gymnast. We’ll see.
Sarah giggles, Elise tries to look serious and Tarah continues to smile pretty.
Daniel, David and Adam are happily (and quietly) settled in their cozy den of pillows and sleeping bags. The girls, on the other hand, have been calling for the past 30 minutes, claiming to be scared. Of spiders.
“The bwack and gwey ones are da worse,” one of the royal members informed me as I tried to scoot her to the other edge of the bed. “I can’t go over dere, spiders might come up otta the hole.”
How can you argue with that logic. I told her to stuff a blanket up against the wall, prayed with them, and turned up the Donut Man cd as I sprinted out into the hall. They were nicely settled in until one of them decided to go to the bathroom. Sure enough, all three girls decided to use the facilities together.
It’s going to be a long night and an early morning. 
Throughout it all, Tarah maintains her perfect, picture ready, smile.
Now to see that they actually go to sleep. Then I can work on finding an appropriate collection of princes.
Kathy
Project 365 – Day 264
This was the cutest blog. You are such a fun mom! I love the pictures, truly worth a thousand words, as I have learned no one can talk and giggle more than 5 year old girls. I loved the little quote from one of the P’s about the spiders. So cute, oh my. I showed Sarah the pictures (we lack 5 year old girls these days in our circles of friends), and she was ready to climb through the computer and join up.
Sleep…you mean you actually expect anyone to sleep during a sleep-over…silly, Kathy!
The girls are so totally adorable…who cares if they sleep. Great photos.
You’re right, Debbie! What was I thinking?
I guess I thought LITTLE girls would get to bed easier/sooner than older kiddos. Silly me.
Anne – we could always use one more little girl, tell Sarah to come on over. It might be a bit complicated with two Sarah’s. We’d have to add nicknames or middle names to keep things simple.
Sweet girls!! I thought littler ones would sleep easier than bigger girls, too. DID they go to sleep? When? ha.
I love you. Aunt Kate
You’re SO BRAVE! I was never really much into sleep overs….. no wonder my kids call me the FUN ZAPPER! I think I should send all of my kids to your house.. in fact, I’ve seriously been considering inviting myself to your house in Nov when our “boys” head out to the Seahawks Bears game!
Cynthia – you are ALWAYS welcome at our house. I’m afraid we are not a very tidy lot. All that fun and relaxed living comes at a price.
If you can stand the mess, then come along!! Let those boys go to the games and we can visit. Ha!
I must say Tim and I are so glad to have you back online. We missed your cheerful comments. Where have you been girl!!
Our first few weeks back to school are always filled more with discipline than actual school. I really dread it. Even when we take breaks during the holidays It’s always a struggle when we start back. But it does keep me to the school schedule because the thought of skipping a few days and all the extra work it will require keep me on track.
I’m so impressed. I hate hosting sleepovers. My evenings are such a coveted, kidfree time. So, I usually end up coming in around 10:00 and being the fun-damper mom who stays in the room until everyone falls asleep. And I wouldn’t even have considered it at 5!! I only reluctantly consider it now at 10. Maybe I should try to work on this. (My kids are no doubt eagerly agreeing!)
Oh you have a treasure of giggling girls there. Have fun with them in the morning!
OK, I know that little princess accent you typed out! HA!
Thanks for the pictures…I’ll have to get the birthday party pictures up on my neglected blog so you can see at least one picture of the girls….I didn’t get many because there were so many PEOPLE!!!
You ARE a fun mom!
Those pictures were SO cute!
I am not much up for sleepovers either. My kids laugh now but we went through a phase where each kid was allowed on one BIG sleepover.