Silence is Golden

Ahhhhhh! Do you hear that? Yes, it's the silence of sleeping children! I love my children but I also love bedtime. My house has been quite noisy for the last 24 hours and I am enjoying the quiet.

Last night I had 4 girls here with me for a girls night and they were quite a bunch of rowdy ladies! I had a 12 year old, a 9 (going on 19 apparently) year old and two 6 year olds (one cousin and three nieces). Belle was allowed to stay but I had to chase Dave and Aaron out for the night. Anyway, we started out with dinner which was a pizza from the deli section of Walmart and it was pretty good. Then the girls played for a few minutes but wanted to get right down to business by watching a movie. As the girls were trying to decide which movie to watch Dani asked Rachel "do you want to watch Enchanted or Ella Enchanted?" Rachel replied "Oh, Enchanted!" and Dani's immediate response was "Um, Rach, I think you want to watch Ella Enchanted instead" :) I laughed and we worked it out and sat down to watch Enchanted. (Don't worry about Dani, she eventually got to see Ella Enchanted). During the movie I made chocolate chip cookies which were a yummy addition to our ice cream sundees :) Once Dave got back from band practice the girls convinced him to let them paint his nails pink, they had a great time! (and he looked awful purdy with them there nails!) It was nice having them over and Belle laughed so hard at them, it was wonderful to hear such big laughs from such a little girl! I was sitting on my bed changing her when Rachel ran in from the hall and jumed on the bed landing with her head by Belle's head. The baby let out such a belly laugh that it was contagious! Then Holly and Tori wanted to join in on the fun and the three girls took turns running in and jumping on the bed. Belle would laugh as soon as she saw Holly's bright green shirt, Tori was so uncoordinated that she was barely able to actually jump up onto the bed and Rachel had the biggest grin, her mouth is SO BIG! My sides hurt afterwards from all the laughter. As the girls were settling in for the night they were asking if they could prank Dave in his sleep by putting shave cream on his hand and then tickling his nose, etc.... I laughed and suggested freezing his underwear instead and they all loved the idea! So I swiped a pair as he pretended to be asleep on the couch (he was in on the prank so I guess he and I actually pranked the girls) and they all ran into the kitchen to "prank" him. well, my little drama queen of a niece Tori got all bent out of shape since she didn't get to actually put his drawers in the freezer so I got a pair of socks for two of them to put in and Holly was still begging for more so I found an undershirt too. It was funny :) They were tickled in the morning as I told of how he came in and "complained" about being so cold. Next time maybe I'll think to get them wet first :p (And by the way, Dani put his underwear right in the center of the ice bucket thingy, that's my girl!) They were all so very good and had a great time. They all wanted to plan for next time already. I'm not sure I'll be ready any time soon though!

After all the fun with the girls I had a nice short visit with my sister who I don't get to see often enough and then had a lovely afternoon with the kids before naptime. Aaron kept trying to get up and even came down twice to poop. After a not so restful naptime we were whisked away to the ballgame with Dave (he helps coach) and then we were off to my parents to help put in window a/c units. We got home for good around 9:30, bathed and fed the kids and now even Dave is in bed so I have a few peaceful moments to myself. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Silence is golden....