Lily wanted a slumber party for her 7th birthday. Originally I told her she could invite three additional girls (plus Arden, who insisted on being included).  Somehow this morphed into inviting 6 girls, plus Lily and Arden.  8 kids, all aged 7 and under. I told them to bring their sleeping bags, cleared out the family room and let it rip.

We painted ornaments - that lasted for 10 minutes before the girls were screaming for the next project.  Poor Riley - she wanted everything painted perfectly, and all the other girls were telling her to hurry it up.  We consumed a huge platter of chicken nuggets (Abby informed us she was vegetarian - her mother shot that one down).  There was toe-painting, present-opening (we traumatized Emma when another girl got Lily the exact same Webkin she did, but a phone call to her mother made everything right again), popcorn-eating and movie-watching.  Everyone was quiet, if not asleep, at 10 pm - and didn’t start yelling for donuts until 7 am!  It was a miracle.  Best of all, this was the maiden voyage for most of the girls spending the night at a slumber party. They all made it, mostly intact after a night with us and the Lily and Arden Show.