The Catanzanos were in in town from California, so of course, that is reason to have a big party at the Morris house in Ipswich. Naturally, I didn't get any pictures of Greg and Jan, but Cameron and Kiera made it into the first picture below!
Grant has decided he likes to climb stairs. So he climbed all the way to the top, but you can see that Mommy was waaaay too nervous about that, so I followed him up there. Then later, we went down the slide together, but he didn't really care for that. No laughter, no smiles.
But these girls were ALL smiles. Natalie and Annabel are like BFF every time they get together. It is SO funny. I swear they were separated at birth. They are both total goofballs and just laugh all the time.
Grant decided he wanted to go talk guy talk with the guys- Rybo, Joe, Cooch, and Daddy. Here he was saying, "Is this the cooler with all the beer in it?" Sorry big guy... another 19.5 years.
Later in the night, things got a little crazy. Apparently Karen was sitting on Cooch's lap and she got up to go get something, and he tipped backwards. Everyone was laughing and the girls must have heard this because Natalie asked me no fewer than 15 times why everyone was laughing and "what was so funny outside Mommy?"
We decided, when the kids finally went to bed that Natalie could sleep in Annabel's room on the air mattress on the floor. Of course, Annabel wanted to sleep down there too, and it's plenty big, so Natalie got to have her first sleep over with a friend. How long did this last? Well, til about 1:30 am! The girls didn't get settled in bed until after 9 because Ipswich (or somewhere?) was having fireworks and they were really loud and the girls were questioning us about them. (Us: Me and Andrea) Then of course, they were giggling, and throwing their bears in the air, and talking... UNTIL 10:30 PM!!!!
They were so funny though. One time, I heard Annabel say something about a fart. Natalie isn't really familiar with that terminology (we call them toots!) so Natalie said, "What's a fart?" And Annabel said, "It's when gas comes out of your butt!" And of course, this was really funny to them. Then later, Natalie felt the need to explain what a word meant also, so she chose the word, "Infection." She said, "Do you know what an infection is?" And Annabel says, "No." Then Natalie says, "It's where a boo boo gets red and germs get inside!" Infection??? Really? What the heck led up to these conversations???
Finally at 10:30, I had to go in and ask the girls to play the silent game. Whoever could be quiet the longest wins. At one point, I did hear Annabel say something, to which Natalie responded, "No, let's just go to sleep!" Natalie certainly loves her sleep.
But of course, I heard some whimpering at around 1 am, just as all of the adults left the party. So I went in and Natalie said she had to go to the bathroom. So I took her potty, and then as I was opening the door to let her back in, Andrea said something in the kitchen and Annabel immediately woke up! So then, the giggling commences, and after about another 30 minutes, we had to move Natalie into our room. SO FUNNY. It was a good attempt at a first sleepover, but we know how little girls can be. Maybe next summer we can try it again!
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