Ethan and Nolan Sleepover Palooza!

We're at this really fun age with Ethan where we're seeing him just coming out of his shell, and seeing him want to develop strong friendships and relationships. For months now he's been talking about Nolan, and wanting to have him come over, and hang out with him. So finally, an opportunity arose where we were able to invite him over for a sleepover. Last Friday, all Ethan could talk about was how "Nolan is coming over, and we're going to have special dinner, and play games, and watch movies". It was so fun to see his excitement as he awaited for the day and time that his friend would be coming to hang out with him. Nolan's parents were so nice to let him come over and stay the night, and we're hopeful that soon, Ethan will be able to return the favor and go spend the night at Nolan's house. Here are some photos of the evening!
Getting ready to play the "Five Little Monkeys" game - - it actually is really fun for a kids game. The boys did SO great at playing it and following the rules. And of course they loved when the Monkeys fell off the bed!


Here's the boys and their best acting skills. Nolan is pretending to take a bath, to earn his bath time token. And Ethan is pretending to zip up his PJs to get his Pajama token. They were a lot of fun to watch!

The boys getting ready to see if the Monkeys are going to fall off the bed or not.

Playing Wall E on the V-Smile. Ethan got this game machine when he was 2 years old, and recently just got back in to playing it. They were GLUED to the TV for the rest of the evening, which was really only 45 minutes, since it was close to bed time.

We had so much fun having Nolan over. We got to watch "How To Train Your Dragon" and "Toy Story 3" and play games. And the boys got to play some video games too. They had fun having a "Pajama Jam" and Nolan loved getting to sleep on the top bunk of Ethan's bunk beds. Allan got to read them a story, and say prayers with them. And he told Ethan that when the lights were out, they could whisper and talk to each other, because that's what you do during sleepovers. And as soon as he got the light off and was just outside the door, her heard Ethan whisper, "Hey Nolan, what are you doing?" and the two of them talked for about 10 minutes before they fell asleep. It really was a fun night!

Maddie is excited for when she'll finally be able to have her own sleepovers!