the guest...

Thursday night, Addie Grace's friend Shelby spent the night with us. We had spent most of the day at Shelby's house on Thursday and Jill had asked me to keep the girls on Friday, so I was a little concerned about how they would do with so much together time...but I am happy to say that they did great!! Now, I won't pretend that there wasn't bickering involved, BECAUSE THERE DEFINITELY WAS, but for the most part it was great!

They both know that it's a treat to get to be the 'guest' and as the night ticked on, Addie Grace kept begging Shelby, "PLEEEEEASE let me be the guest now!!!"(that didn't really fly with Shelby...as Shelby and I both know, Addie Grace milks being the guest for all it's worth when she's at Shelby's house!!).

Here are some pictures of Addie Grace being oh-so-happy to be the hostess...


They wanted to go and ride in Addie Grace's car, so Brian took them out. He was sitting outside with them reading and not really paying attention to what they were doing. After a few minutes he started watching them, and realized that they had been washing her car (with the water from the swimming pool). They had it soaked!! He had to take the battery out and dry everything out, but the girls sure were proud driving around in their shiny clean car!!



After telling me a million times that they weren't tired, and begging me to let them play just a few more minutes, I finally got them in bed (10:30...could've been worse!).


As I was leaving the room they assured me that they were going straight to sleep so that they wouldn't be grumpy the next day. After a few giggles and hearing them jumping around...I waited a little while and went to check on them...

I figured it wouldn't take long for them to end up in the same bed!

They woke up at the crack of dawn, ready to play (I begrudgingly survived). We spent most of the day outside playing in the sandbox and the pool...


Bill picked Sydney and Shelby up around 6:00...by 6:45 Addie Grace had fallen asleep and except for about 30 seconds to get a drink of water, she didn't wake up until 8:30 this morning...
She woke up begging us to go to soccer practice...so that she could hurry and see Shelby!
Which brings me to our first soccer practice...which I will continue tomorrow!
Goodnight!