My Very First Sleepover.

Okay, so it's not MY first sleepover, but it's the first one that Riley is hosting and can I just tell you, I am covered in anxiety.

A few months ago, Riley slept over her friends' house because I was having my sinus surgery. Since that very day, in October of 2009, I swear, these girls have been planning the next sleepover. Riley will call her friends (who are sisters) and they will spend hours on the phone making lists and discussing what they will do at this sleepover.

With us moving in just a few short months, what better time than the present, to finally bite the bullet and host the sleepover these girls have been obsessing over for the past 4 months!

So, I'm not nervous about having them over. (I have security.) I love the girls and they are well-behaved and all-around polite little people. What I'm nervous about is what I DO with them when they are here, overnight. I never slept over anyone's house growing up. Not one birthday party sleepover. Never hosted one. I was never allowed. I didn't go to my first sleepover until my senior year of high school. Graduation night. And my friend's parents had to ask my parents for me...because I was so scared.

Anyway, with that in mind, I have no idea what to expect when these girls come over and settle in for the night. So, on Monday, I pulled Riley aside and asked her what they were going to do.

She said, "We're going to make potions, play with Barbies, do the play-doh thing, make a candy store with a tip jar, and uhhhh make more potions." In my mind, I'm running through the timeline and realized that oh, well, that will kill about 25 minutes. LOL. What will they do the rest of the night before they crash? Ryan suggested a movie. Great. But who knows how long they will last and what if they get bored? Then what?

So, being that I'm a planner...I forced Ryan to accompany me to Wal-Mart for a quick shopping trip. $50 later, I have projects. 3 projects for the girls to do...in between the playing they do or in their downtime when they are bored. My sister-in-law laughed at me when I told her about my anxiety and applauded my efforts with the crafty ideas...but I felt totally justified in being slightly nervous about it! The last thing I want is for these girls to ask to leave early or to go home and say that they didn't have a good time...I'm hoping it goes well. Wish us luck!

I'll post pictures of the crafts we do after the sleepover. But, if anyone has any ideas on free stuff we can do, please please please share them...would love to have some back-up plans!