Brady's 1st Sleepover

A few weeks ago, Brady had the opportunity to experience his 1st sleepover at a friend's house. I never would have thought that my preschoolers would be ready for this and especially my youngest, but the situation presented itself and we went for it. It was a Friday night and Connor was really sick. Some good friends of ours offered to take Brady for the evening to spend with Carac, his and Connor's best friend, in hopes of isolating him from Connor

After much discussion with Brady to make sure he understood what was going to happen and how the evening would go, he was taken over to Carac's house. It probably helped that the sleepover got a late start (7:30ish), but yet they still had some time to play together before going to bed at a reasonable time. They had a camp out in the bonus room and everything went great. No calls, no potty accidents, and apparently nothing to worry about. When I called to check in that evening, Brady wasn't even interested in talking to me.

The next morning, I met Brady, Carac, and Carac's mom at the YMCA pancake breakfast. We enjoyed a nice morning together of pancakes, magicians, and balloons. When we were leaving, Brady tried to abandon me and go back to Carac's house. He said that Connor was still sick and he needed to stay gone all weekend. I guess that was a good sign of how well it went! We ran a few errands which included a stop at the Toy store for a birthday present. Brady convinced me that we needed to get Super Mario Bros. Wii game, which apparently he learned to play at Carac's. This just turned into a very expensive sleepover!

The new game has been fun, so no complaints there. Brady is ready for his next sleepover and Connor is ready for his 1st sleepover. Connor will get to stay at Carac's this weekend....hopefully it goes as well as Brady's did and we don't get any late night calls. As a bonus, Brady will be going to Mimi's for some one-on-one time and a sleepover. We have the house to ourselves!