Girls just wanna have fun

6, 7-year olds + pool + sleeping in the living room = a lot of fun

With Winter's Birthday being in the middle of Winter - ha, how's that for a "coincidence", and right after Christmas, she usually ends up without a kid party.

A few weeks ago, Winter and her friend Payton came up with the idea of a slumber party. Winter was super excited to make little invitations, and send them to her friends. Let me tell you though, living out here, made making that list very hard. Good thing 3 of our cousins are around Winter's age!

Since 7 is still a little young, the mom's were invited too. Added bonus: I get to hang out with some friends too!! We ended up with grandma, and Olivia Allred. Katy, with Grace and Lille. Amy Riggs, with Tyra, and Michelle Harrington with Payton. It was the perfect size group. Not too many screeching girls to make me totally deaf. And just the right amount of grownups too.

The party started after dinner. We all hit the pool, and everyone knew how to swim. That made it a lot less stressful for the moms. The girls chased each other, hung on each other, and did a lot of screeching. It was almost impossible to carry on a conversation! somehow I was able to yell loud enough to get their attention for long enough to take a group pictureFrom left to right: Grace, Lille, Olivia, Tyra, Winter, Payton

After almost 2 years in Texas, we finally convinced Liz to join us in the pool. Winter had fun racing her across the pool, and I was surprised at her speed.
After dark, we headed inside, but the girls were definitely not ready to sleep at 9.30pm! Amy came up with this fun M&M game. You try to roll a certain number with the dice, and once you do, you try to suck up as many M&M's with a straw into a cup.

Winter had a system downTyra bought Winter a fun movie, which we all enjoyed together. I just loved the sight of 6 girls lined up on the floor to watch a movie. Reminds me of a sleepover I had when I was about Winter's age!

Amazingly, the girls didn't wake up until 8ish. I was worried that after going to bed at midnight, they would be up bright and early at 6 or 7. I made some waffles, and we had a great breakfast, before everyone headed home again.