Grace's 1st real sleepover

This year Grace said she wanted to have her birthday party at a local gymnastics place. Those kind of parties cost quite a bit of money, at least in my opinion. So, I told her that if she had that kind of party she wouldn't get any presents from Mom and Dad and Lyla. She didn't like that idea too much. I suggested she just have her "bff" come spend the night instead. She was very excited about that idea! So, Miss Sara Kathryn came for Grace's 1st friend sleepover. Grace was SOOO excited! That day, Julie, Mimi, Lyla and I took a cookie cake to her school for lunch. She was excited to see us and acted silly the whole time, of course. Then that afternoon SK came home with Grace on the bus. Lyla spent the night with Reesi so Grace and SK could have quality time together. They jumped on the trampoline, played in the bathtub, played with their animals and acted silly together. Grace wanted to go to McDonalds for dinner that night, so the whole family (us, Mimi, Papoo, Joni and all of the kids) went to McDonalds for play and chicken nuggets. When we got home the girls watched a movie and then it was bedtime. They had their cheerleading game in the morning so I didn't want them to stay up too late. They were asleep by 10pm, which I thought was pretty good for a sleepover. They got up and played more the next morning before the game. SK gave Grace an American Girl animal, named Coconut, for her birthday. She loves it!