Reflecting back on my dear daughters first sleepover I am thrilled with how the whole par-taaay went. The girls feasted on friendship and giggled themselves into a blissed out state of euphoria.
“People who have this much fun should be sent to jail Mom!!” My BlueEyed girl yelled at me over her frozen mocktail. Tears of laughter streaming down her face.
Yep, I did my job, memories were made that evening that will last us both a lifetime.
However, there were some gifts from this “party of the year” that this sleepover virgin did not expect.
Left behind from the sleepover extravaganza were piles of triple brownie chocolate fudge cake, mountains of chips and copious amount of teeth rotting candy. When dawn breaks, I quickly discover lack of sleep leaves a girl with no self control. My thighs do not thank you sleepover.
Weeping crying children~my nerves no longer appreciate your subtle charm. Clearly you need your solid eight hours as much as I need my solid errr chopped up seven hours of sack time.
The biggest surprise of all. A raging case of head lice. *shiver and eeek!! This gift courtesy of BlueEyed girls best friend?
Good thing I love your BFF so very much, cause honey, those creepy crawlies are a pretty big price to pay. Even for “the best party ever!”
Yes my dear sleepover, clearly, you are the gift that just keeps on giving. Wonder when we can have another one?
Mwah!
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57 comments:
my dd is obsessed with sleepovers. I hate them myself.
Ugh! head lice, that is terrible!
eeewwww..I remember the head lice..Oh boooy...!!cheer up any way your rising to the top of the charts..i saw your name today like by 80 or supm...you go..girl..now go get that lice shampoo..i forgot what its called..?
Oh, I'm so sorry about the lice! What a downer to the perfectly executed party.
We had a sleepover once. Notice that I only say once. You are braver than I my friend, and I didn't even break out the mocktails.
Well that would totally suck. I would be so pissed off if I had a sleep over and came home with lice.
ewww.....lice. Goodluck! Omg we had a ton of sleep overs...I kinda miss them. Fortunately, when my oldest goes to the bar on this side of the city, she comes and stays here LOL its cheaper to take a cab here.
Has anyone ever gotten sleep at a sleepover? Not here.
How old is your daughter? My oldest is 6, and I need to know if I should print this post out now, or if I can wait a little while... Because I'm scared. And please oh please tell me what a mocktail is, because I think I need to have that for my next girls' night out with my friends -- because we're Baptist. ;-)
We had a sleepover for my son's 13th birthday. We had EIGHT BOYS!!! Let me just tell you, in the morning when my husband and I headed downstairs we were greeted with the smell of EIGHT BOYS!!! Ugh.
I guess it's all worth it when you see their faces light up and have all those special memories. However, I don't do them often.
I never had sleepovers but every kid should them once they are supervised.
OMG that is so gross! It actually made me remember something I have thought in years.
As an adult, no less I had a similar story. I spend the weekend at a girlfriends who moved out of the city. A few days later I run into her boyfriend, who thought I had given his girlfriend lice. I didn't have anything!!...turns out it was her cousin who had it. Well apparently he had got it too, both upstairs and downstairs! LMAO!
Not a huge fan of sleepovers either but my daughter loves them! Her friends probably think I am the meanest mom out there!
Hey, you with the long blog name, it's me, the other person with a long ass blog name!!
Wow, once again, I esteem you with the most awesome-nest mommy title. Seriously. Your resolve is like, stellar and dang...shrugging off head lice? I couldn't do it man...you be a rockstar!
head lice!!! Oh no! I bet every kid got it! Ekkk
sounds like a lot of work and then lice, yikes.
i haven't had any major sleepovers for my boys yet.
I remember those days oh so well. Now that they are behind me, I would do them all again in a minute. Even if it cost me head lice duty.
You are such a good mom!!
Girl sleepovers are the best! I still have them, even here in China. Always such a great time. Boys are missing out!
But, I have never had one with head lice. Now I consider myself lucky!
Fortunately when my children were younger the sleepovers were conducted out doors in a large decorated tent in the garden. We could decorate it with different themes. Mind you that was also a time when we could leave our doors unlocked and know that everything and everyone would be safe. I wouldn't dream of doing it these days.
You are a brave Mom, it's amazing the noise a sleepover creates too.
Secretia
having sleepovers were the bomb as kids...head lice, not so much...yikes!
I'm scratching my head just reading that word, LICE! Ick, eewww, argh. Glad it was the best party ever though.
Oh my Head lice that's awful...
-Stephanie
Hmm...sweets, head lice and crabby kids? Should I be glad I have boys!?
Head lice is one of the things I don't miss from my kid's childhood, ugh. Courage girl.
Pass me a brownie please.
Anything that ends with head lice is not a favorite of mine either!!!
I don't know much about head lice,but it sounds gross. Yuck!!!
I remember the days of my daughters sleep overs. Fun for sure but no sleep at all! Head lice are such a pain. We had that in day care/school about 25 years ago with my kids!!!!!
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OH NO!! Any hopes my daughter had of having a slumber party have just been pushed back a few years!!
I think I left my first few sleepovers in the middle of the night. I would miss my mom and dad and I'd call them in the middle of the night to come get me. So horrible!! I can't believe I did that.
OMG ... Did you get rid of the lice?!?!? Gross!!! I'm just creeped out by those things ... they get on everyone if you don't treat them right away!
you missed the wet bed - I had that to deal with too courtesey of a friend at mt daughters first sleepover. Had the friend with lice and the vomiting friend - gee whizz the excitment never ends!!!
what a mess...
Yay for sleepover memories! UGH for the gift of lice.
***Ally
I have three boys and their sleepovers have been so different! lol Good read.
love the mocktail idea!What fun
I just happened to read two blogs today of women who have college aged and/or married children. Both were reminiscing about their kids when they were young and also expressing how much they miss those days.
Yes, the kids are cranky the next day after a sleepover because of a lack of sleep, and so is the Mommy; or there's some other "price" to pay, but it's worth seeing the joy of a child and giving them experiences that they will always remember.
Lice - BIG price!!!
AAACK! ACK ACK ACK!
I can't even deal with the lice on my chickens (dust! poison! kill!), a human head lice infestation would send me to the funny farm!
What kind of parent lets their child run around with a headful of parasites?
GAAAAAAH!!
One day I will be brave enough to do a sleepover.
I have tagged you over at my blog :)
Eugh! I'll have to remember this post when my daughter starts wanting sleepovers. Pony tails all round!
I live in the suburbs, too!
It is amazing that you did a sleep-over for your little four year old! I love that feeling when you know that you have done something "right" for your little people. I have an idea that is totally stereotypical of living in suburbia but it is actually pretty cool.
We ask the guests to bring dog and cat food, instead of gifts, for the animal shelter. My kids get to deliver the food to the shelter and it really makes them feel generous.
I took pictures of my kids with all of the dog and cat food and sent it out as a thank you note!
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I have never slept during a sleepover. I do remember doing a lot of stupid stuff, but something smart like sleep. Nope,didn't happen
I remember the joy of those sleepovers! You're a wonderful mom to have one!
Now you've got me thinking about having a grown-up girl sleepover!
Ohhh, that sounds like fun (despite the lice and the sweets). Sounds like you threw a great party!!
Wow...your first sounds about as lovely as mine last weekend.
Now my daugter has confided in me that is how she wants to have all her parties from now on.
oh my!
head lice...
whoooooosh!!!
Oh God, lice!!! Poor you guys!!!! OMG... dreadful... But hey... the girls did have fun, right? ;) Good luck...
Lice at a sleepover? I think I'd rather give out treat bags.
I dont' know about you, but that would be the first and LAST sleepover!
EEEKK!!! oh no!!
Head lice, blech!!
Triple chocolate cake, YUMMERS!
No sleep = crankiness and I am OVER It!!
OMG! Lice---I am so sorry. We haven't had them yet, but I'm sure it'll be our turn soon. We're only 4, so we have plenty of time to make these new fabulous friends. Oy!
GIRL I feel your pain on the head lice!!! UGGH! My DD is 9 and has (had) LONG THICK CURLY HAIR. She got head lice this year from school. She got it after Thanksgiving break. We are just now getting rid of it totally!!! I cut her hair and we used LICEMD this last time.. it's so much better than the other stuff RID I used. I hope, pray, beg they are finally gone. Once I found her head infested the 2nd time I cried, she cried MAN That was a bad day! Luckily I didn't get it but thinking about it makes my head itch... GRRR HEAD LICE. DD and I discussed who brought THEM on the ARC ugggg LOL
Good Luck I hope you got rid of them totally..
FYI Olive oil will kill the bugs but not the eggs ect...
~Angela
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