First Sleepover

The cousins had their very first sleep over yesterday. I was so excited.
Camden loves having a play mate. And Paris loves crafts! Camden enjoys being around during the crafts, but doesn't quite understand how to do them. He spent a lot more time eating the antlers we made than really appreciating them [;


We began the night with our Christmas Crafts. The kids decorated antlers and ornaments.

 Paris is so cute to watch decorate her things. "Next PIECE" she says again and again. And then every once in a while she pauses to say "OOOOO PRETTY!!". I love it.

Next we baked some chocolate chip cookies which the kids enjoyed munching on. 

Then we settled into their pjs and I TRIED to get them to sit still for a picture. 

Which of course only resulted in them dancing to the music that was playing. 

So I sat them on the couch attempting to MAKE them sit still

But very quickly it became a jump on the couch and die of laughter picture. I couldn't even bring myself to stop them--they were cracking up!!

After all the jumping I gave the kids their sippys and let them play in the playroom for a while just the two of them.

Then we settled in to watch the Polar Express. 

Camden lasted about 20 minutes just walking around the family room and occasionally stopping to watch the movie, then he crashed and we put him into his crib. Paris fell asleep RIGHT at the very end of the movie. She excitedly said "CHOO CHOO" many times throughout the movie. I carried her to bed and both kids slept in to almost 10am today!

We had a fun Christmas breakfast this morning which included Santa and Snowman themed pancakes, eggs, and strawberries. (All sleepovers include a lot of sugar right....??)

Then the kids played for a bit in the playroom again as Garth and I packed up and cleaned, then we got them ready and headed to the mall to see Santa where we met Anna.
Paris was so excited to see Santa, but I think she was even more excited to see her momma!

Camden LOVED SANTA.
He ran straight to him smiling and talking and just jumped and jumped in front of him waiting for him to pick him up. Maybe I should be a little concerned my child has no concept of stranger danger!

Overall I would say it was a very successful first sleepover for these cousins! Camden adores having friends to play with so I was excited when Anna agreed to let Paris sleep here. Although I am not sure if they could have had more fun than I did.
We will have to do it again sometime!!
This is one of those things that make living near family so great!