The first few sleepovers were rough with the kids being so young (we began the sleepovers last summer), but I can honestly say this one went fantastically. Even better than we ever could have imagined. There were a couple of scuffles with Adri trying to be the boss and then Eli taking Adri's pacifier and Stinky Blanky and hiding them (go Eli!!! Thanks for finally giving Adri a taste of her own medicine!!!), but other than that, all the kids slept great (with the exception of Sammy waking up at 3 a.m. for a bottle-all the kids slept through the night! This was a first!!!).
I look forward to these sleepovers each month, not only because I get to catch up with my college friend and best buddy, but also because it's so great to see the kids growing up with each other even though we live on opposite sides of the state. Sara and I hope that these memories will be everlasting and once the kids understand that we do it each month, they will be as excited and look as forward to it as their Mommy's.
Each sleepover begins with us meeting somewhere to eat lunch and let the kids run out their energy (especially the ones that have been cooped up in the car). When we go to Rochester Hills we usually meet at the Great Lakes Outlet Mall, which has to be every woman's heaven. :) You can walk a mile by just walking through it once and the best part is that it's all indoors.
Do you think it tastes like a real banana?
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Really? MORE pictures? Lay it off with the camera, people are staring at us.
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Eli and Adri LOVE to play together.
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Eli Man doing his Eli Man look...Love this kid!
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She actually ended up making it!!!
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Ev Dog loves to get his pictures taken!!! How cute is he???
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Ev's not ready to get lunch...He wants to play!!!
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Lunch? Did someone say lunch??? I'm hungry! (We ended up having the yummiest Indian food!!!)
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Adri's "almost ready to meltdown" face. Definitely need to get lunch!
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Super Eli decided to rearrange the furniture in the mall...
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Why not put it right in the middle of where everyone would walk? It looks so much better there!
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After we finished at the mall, we headed over to the Peterson's house. Sara is much braver than I and suggested that the kids make cupcakes...
First, a little play time...
I will help you Sammy...Oh wait! You're on the train! Move!
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Adri fell in love with this train (and took possession of it almost our entire visit), and yet she won't play with the one she has at home...How does that work?
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She loved the train until she found...The Trampoline!!!
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Hahahah, hehehe, I've got the train! Adri's going to be SO mad when she sees this!
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Always happy Ev...
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Peek a boo Mommy!
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I love having sleepovers and playing with my friends!!!
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Sammy found a little static...And a book to chew on!
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Do you like my new sunglasses? Pretty sweet, huh?
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Time for the almost 3 year olds to make the cupcakes!!!
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What do the one year olds do while the older children make cupcakes? Enjoy cheerios of course!
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Ev and Sam discuss the distinct grain flavor in the Cheerios...
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You know Ev, someday we'll be little old men sitting around the table like this and playing cards...Can't you just see us now? Still friends and eating cheerios? :)
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Mmmm...Sweet goodness! Half stirred cupcake batter! Yummy!
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Oopsie...
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Good thing Mama Sara is willing to clean it up!
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Time to add the oil...
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Now to taste the batter...Yup, coming along just fine...
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Eli needs to taste his to see how it's coming along...
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Look Mom! Are you going to try them when their done?
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I know I will!
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I just can't get enough of this raw egg batter! Daddy never lets me eat this at home!
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Haha Daddy! What are you going to do when you see this pictures? :)
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Filling the cups...The batter is only about halfway mixed. :)
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Boy Adri, that sure looks good! I'd really like to try it...Do you see the drool dripping down my chin?
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Aaaarrrrgggghhh! She's not going to share!!! She never shares! I can't wait until someday when she wants ME to share...She'll be sorry!
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Adri told Eli not to eat the cupcake paper...Eli decides that Adri's not the boss and eats the paper to show her that he's in total control...These two are a pair, that's for sure!
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Whatever Adri! I'll do what I want! And, this tastes good! So there!
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Yuck! So ok, this doesn't taste so good. But there's no way she's going to win! I will go down fighting (or chewing in this case!)
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Can you believe those two? Geesh!
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I'm not so concerned with them right now Ev...I think I lost some cheerios in my chair.
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We had planned to take the kids to the Children's Museum in Detroit this morning, but woke up to freezing rain and twenty car pile ups on the nearby expressways. When we finally did venture out after the ice had melted, we ate at McDonald's and let the kids play (much to the disappointment of the few other catty mother's who thought they were dining in a four star, adult only restaurant and making comments about our children). We ended up having an easy drive home and getting back shortly before Matt got home from work. Both kids missed him so much that Adri ran and gave him a huge bear hug while Sammy crawled as quickly as he could and then cuddled and kissed his Daddy.
On another exciting note...Adri has not had an accident in four days!!! She even went poop and pee over at the Peterson's house! I am so so so proud and excited! I feel like we are finally on the potty training track! Adri's pretty excited to be such a big girl and tells me over and over that she "doesn't go poop in a diaper anymore, only on the potty." And then asks if that "makes you so happy and excited and proud?"
Oh yes...more than she will ever know!
Thanks Eric, Sara, Eli, and Ev for the great sleepover, pizza and fun! We love you!!!
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