Snow Globe Sleepover

Tonight Erin invited her XC buddy H over for a sleepover.  I've never seen two teenage girls so enthusiastic about snow, ever.  In fact, I think they very well may be the only ones in the country who are still enamored with snow this late in February.

I'm not sure who came up with the term "sleepover," but I've always considered it an oxymoron.  "Overnight hang out" is a much more accurate term for what teenage girls do when they're together past 11pm.  Tonight was a perfect case in point.  Erin and H started making banana bread at 11:30.  A couple of hours later they realized it was snowing big, giant flakes outside.  They decided to place themselves directly into this middle-of-the-night-snow-globe moment, and they captured their play on film:

Erin's enjoyed every moment of this, the snowiest February on record.

At least someone is!

XC Party

Tonight Erin had the cross country girls over for a Christmas party sleepover.  She asked that I serve my homemade chicken noodle soup for supper.  I started it early today since I had my own Christmas party to go to this evening.  Here's a pic of the broth simmering on the stovetop:

After supper the girls made t-shirts, played games, listened to music, and hung out.

While they were fake sleeping for this picture, they were sound asleep by 1:30 - not bad!

Since I took the late shift, Baird's promised to get up and make them all pancakes in the morning.  This is a great group of girls, and we're always thrilled when they want to hang at our place!