Hard to tell but the white sheet next to the bed is a trundle bed that was all set up for Macey to sleep on, guess they decided to get a little closer.
I've now learned that Macey and her little sister usually end up sleeping in the same bed also, so to Macey this was nothing new. Maddy didn't seem to mind either. They were both so excited to have a sleepover. What do you think are sleepovers ok for kids these days? We haven't run into it yet. My cousins says her kids only have sleepovers with cousins, and another friend lets hers (maybe she still has the last say) when they turn 8. Yikes, 8 is not that long away for Maddy.
Ali, ? Emma, Ally, Macey
Makenna, Madison, Jack, Reed
And then a silly one.
And not sure what they are doing except still being silly.
Jack was lucky to get invited to this party it was only for first graders!
Evan, Madison, Makenna, Emma, Macey
We just love all our friends!
They'll be BFF's forever!
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FUN!!! :) What cute pics. I'm sure you already know my stance. Sleep overs are the devil. LOL. No way, no how... I don't even know if I'll allow it with cousins. Once you start saying "this one, but not that one" your kids know you're making a judgement about the people involved. How will you one day explain to them that "so and so has nice parents but I just don't trust them", because even though you'll say it nicer, that's still what they'll hear... and repeat.
I have such fun memories of sleep overs growing up but we do live in a different time now. And there was the one girl, the one whose parents were ... well, my mom would not have liked to know. So, I totally see where Coco is coming from. It is a tough time to be living in.
What a wonderful group of neighborhood friends, though! Lexi with all the sand. How funny!
Wow, they have a good sized group of friends in the neighborhood. How fun! Love the snuggled up sleepover pics, too.
My take on sleepovers??? I told Alyssa we would not even talk about it until she was 8. Then at 8 I still didn't have my final answer ready. I thought about the NO SLEEPOVERS EVER thing and had all the same thoughts as Coco. But now I feel like I may let them have selective sleepovers. Yes, that may sound judgemental to some but I don't care because they are my kids and I have to do what feels right to me. If I don't personally know the parents very well then I will say no and so far I have not had to explain myself. I just say she can't sleepover but I will pick her up at (whatever time I decide). I have found that people who don't know me really well are happy enough to just leave it at that and they don't pry in to my reasons. So far the only time we have had anyone over though was if we were watching them while their parents were out of town and we have also gone on multi-family vacations with good friends or cousins so apparently I am being REALLY, REALLY selective. Tough issue and until I feel comfortable with it, I guess I will just keep things the way they are.
Fun times! I normally would not post on this subject but my only advice to all of those who want to sit on the fence is that it is harder to get your kids to go along with a decision if it is okay with this person and not another. I know that sometimes that it really is okay with one and not another! We have a strict no sleepovers at others houses. Family is different! They just know up front the answer and so it doesn't put them in a hard spot someday when they are older and it makes them look bad if others know they do it at some but not that one! I have known of one too many that had an older sibling that did something bad to the "friend" that was staying the night! And these are in good homes!!!! I would say make the decision now like they counsel all the time so that you know what you stand for whether it is going with rules or not at all! Then the kids can't fight you on it later! Don't we have to be the bad guy enough!!!LOL!!! Good luck with your decisions!!! Fun to see your kids getting bigger!
Love the pictures- so many cute kids in this neighborhood. And that last picture doesn't even have all of the kids in it!
Thanks for letting Macey spend the night and for sharing pictures. I will have to steal them.
The whole sleepover issue is a hard one! I am pretty conflicted on it myself. I had a lot of fun at sleepovers and it almost seems like a rite of passage- but I know a lot of bad things happen at sleepovers too. Ending sleepovers was even a subject addressed in general conference last year.
For now, my kids can sleepover at grandparents houses and that's pretty much it.
Macey was pretty excited to have a sleepover with Maddy, though. Thanks for helping us out and getting her off to school and everything so we could enjoy a trip to St. George without (most) the kids. :)
And good luck- only you and Mike can make the best decision for your family.
What fun. Brian and I have been having the sleepover discussion lately. We think cousin sleepovers are okay (I never had any problems at cousins house and we trust all our siblings). We're still trying to decide on other friends. Luckily we have a while and I'm not sure boys are as into sleepovers as girls so maybe we won't even have to worry about it. I have had both good and bad sleepover experiences so my guess is that it will be no in our house. Which is sad because the bad weren't really that bad and only two, but that's enough to show me the risk.
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