Patience, Parties & Pretty Teeth

I learned a valuable lesson this weekend. Kids need to be pilot tested before they are allowed to sleep over! 

I let M have a friend sleep over and it didn't end well.  Everything was fine until bed time and then it just fell apart. I had a crying kid and no response from the parent.

Even though I had sent a text earlier explaining she seemed kind of nervous about spending the night. But let me pause here to explain she only seemed nervous after she asked me to move a tv into M's room so she could watch tv until she fell asleep and I said no. After that little warning, I reached out to the responsible party and asked for directions on how they wanted it handled if she got upset.

Then when it happened I called and got nothin.

The kid cried for almost two hours. I was like, look I would love to take you home but I can't get a hold of anyone and I can't just drop you off at the doorstep, so we're both kinda stuck.

Deep breath.

I really was trying to muster all the patience that I had and I was trying to be sympathetic to the girl. I know she was upset, I understand it's a new place and it can be scary.  In the meantime, I've got my kid whining and carrying on because she's tired and just wants to sleep, another kid crying and I'm going crazy because it all seems to be out of my control.

After multiple calls to two different people, I finally got a call back.  It was close to midnight when I drug her out and delivered her to Mom.

So no more slumber parties for me!

At least no more slumber parties with kiddos. Because I went to a grown-up slumber party the other day and that was awesome. I had so much fun -  I can't remember the last time I laughed so much.

 

The girls

 

The lady of the hour

My "cup" buddy!
 

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What? It's not suppose to fit this way?

All good games have fun accessories, right?





And the slumber party isn't the only good thing that's happened lately!

 Last week I spent the morning looking like this:

 

 

And by the afternoon, I looked like this:

I'm done with the braces!!! Can't tell you how ready I was or how happy I am to get that metal off my teeth! 

Although I have to admit, it took me a minute to adjust. Immediately after I was really, really upset because it seemed like I had a huge overbite.  All I could think was that I seriously jacked up my teeth.  Now that I've settled into it I don't see the overbite.

As much.

And in case you don't remember, here's what caused me to get braces in the first place:

Yeah, think I would rather have a slight overbite...