Last night was the Fourth Annual Grandkids Sleepover. It has become a great tradition that all the kids really look forward to. This year was our biggest yet with six grandkids and our sweet neighbor Abby too. We started the night with their favorite dinner... Pizza! Then we were off to the Barnes family annual Train Party. (They put up the coolest train ever! It takes up a whole room!!!) Then Grampa Al drove us all around looking at Christmas lights while we sang Christmas songs...the unanimous favorite for the evening was Rudolph! When we got home they got to open their sleepover gifts... each year the girls get a snow globe and the boys a nutcracker. Then everyone changed into their PJ's and we made gingerbread houses and decorated cookies.
We all snuggled up and read one of our favorite Christmas stories, "Christmas Oranges"... and then had ice cream (we were supposed to have hot chocolate, but the kids voted for ice cream instead).
The little ones all went to bed while the big kids stayed up to watch Miracle on 34th Street. After waffles, bacon and eggs for breakfast the kids all made a cute Santa craft... and then went outside for a game of tag and trampoline fun with Aunt Amy (she got home from Germany just in time!)
Wheeeeeuuuuuu!!! Needless to say Grampa Al and I are a weee bit tired... but happy to have such a fun tradition with the kiddos.
We all snuggled up and read one of our favorite Christmas stories, "Christmas Oranges"... and then had ice cream (we were supposed to have hot chocolate, but the kids voted for ice cream instead).
The little ones all went to bed while the big kids stayed up to watch Miracle on 34th Street. After waffles, bacon and eggs for breakfast the kids all made a cute Santa craft... and then went outside for a game of tag and trampoline fun with Aunt Amy (she got home from Germany just in time!)
Wheeeeeuuuuuu!!! Needless to say Grampa Al and I are a weee bit tired... but happy to have such a fun tradition with the kiddos.
Here are a couple of pictures from past Grandkid's Sleepovers...
5 comments:
You guys get the award for the best Grandparents! Looks like so much fun! get some rest! Thanks for including the train in the schedule! Its so fun to see the little kids looking at it!
i agree with allison! they are some very lucky kids.
want a GREAT tradition!!! I think I'll file that in the back of my mind for when I have grandkids of my own! How how special to do it around the holidays... No doubt they'll treasure the memOries!
Great pictures of the grandkids! And what a fun tradition!
That sounds like fun. You are an awesome Grandma & Grandpa!!
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