The Ballard Bunch

I'm late posting this, but I wanted to share with you all some memories of Tate's first sleepover - and my first night with two two-year-olds. It, surprisingly, wasn't all that difficult.

Karen and Scott were busy moving into a new house last weekend and needed to be Bree-Free for a little while. I offered to take her overnight so that they could get some good moving in taken care of without a toddler under foot. We picked B up and squeezed one more car seat in the back of the Altima. (Another surprise - it fit!)

I was so excited at how well the girls got along! We went home for awhile (after a stop at the grocery store - that was the worst part of the whole experience) and played in Tatum's room before heading out to Beau's softball game. My mom kept Hayden at home and I took the two older girls with me.



Shortly after this clip was taken, B found a mud puddle to fall into and spent the rest of the game covered in goo. I had to laugh, typical B! The girls had a blast running around with all of the other kids and even did some cheering-on of the dads playing.

After arriving home, it was bath time...



...and then bedtime. Again, not as difficult as I'd imagined. B had a harder time going down, but mostly because she wasn't at home. Once she crashed on my lap, I was able to lay her down on her make-shift bed next to Tate's and they both slept through the night!


(here's a picture of the sleeping arrangements)

In the morning, we spent a little time playing...



...and eating breakfast and then it was time to go home!

All-in-all it was a fun night for the girls and not too traumatic for this mamma. **Please note, the pajamas are two sets split up. To avoid a potential fight, I let each girl wear a top from one set and a bottom from another - worked like a charm!

And, Hayden loved all of the excitement so much, she decided to crawl for the camera, too!