Sleepover

Zac had his friend Austin come and spend the night last night. Thursday night he was so excited about it that (in typical Zac fashion) he said, "Mom! Austin and I are going to spend about 26 and a half hours together tomorrow." (Er, that is, from 8:10 am Friday at school to about 10:30-11 am Saturday)

Austin came home with us after school and the festivities ensued. The boys played a board game or two, hide and seek, tag and the quiet game, but things soon became rough. Seth was in the mix and the combo of three boys and active games caused sparks. Eventually, they went outside, even though it was about 35 and the wind was blowing. That worked for about 45 minutes, but then Seth came in with bruised feelings and a headache from being worked up. I made him lie down and read. We ate pizza and watched the movie "Cars" with some hot chocolate. Fortunately, everybody was pretty beat after that and went to bed with hardly a peep.

Note to all who have children or might be keeping ours in the future: the TV on Saturday mornings is your best friend, and you should take no chances that your sleep will be disturbed by children who can't figure out how to get to the right channel or might argue about it. We always pick the channel and leave it on (low volume) ALL night so we can sleep like the just (or maybe just the exhausted). So, outside of Blane crying after slipping in his socks at 6:45 am, things went pretty well, as usual. The boys inhaled a huge breakfast of eggs, waffles, cereal and juice and blissfully watched more cartoons. They're playing a board game again like angels right now. All in all, a pretty successful sleepover.