So my cheeky little monkeys had their first friends to sleepover this weekend! Well it was their big cousins Gabriella & Madeleine. Emma & Simon had a trip to New York so the girls were staying with Liz & Geoff so we asked if they wanted to stay a night at ours. I knew Amelia would be very excited but also wondered how she would be with them sleeping on her bedroom floor...well I neednt have worried!
They arrived Friday afternoon and it was straight into the dressing up. Gabriella was very impressed with all Dawn's contributions to the fancy dress box! She is so tall that they were ok in length for her. The girls are just so lovely, looking after Amelia & Lucy - who just adore the. Amelia just follows them around like a little puppy - its so sweet her being the little one who isnt so advanced as normally she is the tall, clever one! After dinner they all went upstairs and had a bath - the four of them were so cute in their together. Then the splashing started... and the instigator?? Lucy of course. She started doing her roaring and splashing and soon the others joined in and it got wetter and wetter! The bathroom was sodden after they got out!
Lucy went to bed as normal but Amelia was allowed to come downstairs and watch Cinderella with her big cousins. She was just so excited and looked so small. Duncan made them some popcorn (which we are still finding bits of down the settee) and they watched the film.
Finally it was bedtime, 8.30. We had put the blow up double bed on the floor next to Amelia's bed. There was some argument over who should sleep in it..as Amelia wanted to be in it too and both Gabriella and Madeleine wanted the other one to sleep in Amelia's bed! But we decided that Amelia should be in her bed. It would have been too short for the other two anyway!
We left them saying they could whisper quietly. They were not quiet. Whispering turned into singing whispers, which just got louder and all we could make out was Amelia's loud belly laugh. We took it in turns to go up every so often to calm them down (and kept finding Amelia in the bed with them!!) and it was clear that Amelia was the one fuelling things and doing all the talking (and jumping on the bed) while the other two had the grace to pretend to be asleep when we came up! Eventually, at 9.45 (!!!) I went and sat in the room with them, making them be quiet. They were asleep in about 3 minutes flat!!
The next morning they didnt have a lie in though!! So after a huge pancake brekkie we went to CJs bowling. It is so cool!!
They put guards up down the lane sides and there is a stand that little ones can use to launch the balls. Amelia loved it! Liz & Geoff came too and the adults had to let the girls 'help' and do most of their bowls!!
Lucy really liked the bowling balls too - i guess as they are so colourful - she kept hugging a purple one! There was also a little soft play bit in there, which i took Lucy in, and Amelia & Madeleine joined us ... so Lucy wore out my arms insisting to go on the slide again...and again... and again!!
After we had some lunch there, we parted ways and took our very tired, but happy little girls home. They had loved every second!!
Amelia-ism of the Day
Gabri-rella!!!!!!
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