Glamping Camp In

Hi Friends!

Lily hosted her first sleep over,

for her 9th birthday.

 

She invited 6 of her closest friends,

and her sister, Charlotte.

 

9 year old girls are pretty awesome.

And flexible.

Lily wanted a camping theme.

 

She loves party planning.

 

Me too!

 

I tried to bring the outdoors in.

 

We had smores in our fireplace.

 

A make your own trail mix bar.

 

Darin went outside on a snowy evening

to grill hot dogs and brats.

 

The girls drank and snacked

to their hearts content.

 

I wasn't about to challenge myself to

making the cake.

 

But finding one was a challenge.

 

We ordered this "John Deer"

cake from our local grocer,

and removed the tractor,

so it became a camp theme.



Goodie bags, doubled as a craft,

as the girls decorated their own,

with fabric markers.

 

They had fun and the clean up was easy.

 

No glitter or glue or anything I despise.

Can you imagine the cute conversations,

I witnessed with this crew?

 

I set up a 9 person tent in my living room.

 

The tent was 100 times bigger in my house,

than in the great outdoors.



 

There was a bit of 9 year old drama.

 

Admittedly we had so many girls here.

 

It was a challenge to keep them together

and separate groups started to take form.

 

I was so grateful for the girls that stayed by Lily's side all night to make her feel special.

Sometime after 2 am everyone was asleep.

 

Including me and my sleep over guest,

Bridget.

 

Peace, love, and pillow talk, Friends!