Sleep Over Switch Off

For the past few months we've been having a cousin slumber party each month rotating between our house and Aunt Kacey's.  The kids love it since it's a huge deal to have someone over to spend the night in their rooms or to go sleep in someone else's room.  We as parents are loving it as well, it gives us time with the cousins and also time to go out on a date night when the kids are away.  So far the switch off is working great.

It's nice that we have two boys and two girls so everyone has a buddy to sleep over with.  The contrast between the pictures is so funny - all pink vs all blue.  Even though Nathan and Ben are six years apart they are the best of friends and Nathan is so patient with Ben who just adores him so much.  

McKenzie and Kayla getting ready for to read some books together before lights off time.

Ben and Nathan also reading, Ben is on his old crib mattress on the floor and loving his little bed.

Hopefully this crew will still want to hang out together even when they are older and luckily it wasn't like a real slumber party where everyone stays up all night and doesn't sleep.  We had four kids snoozing happily away.