It is a wonderful day (or in this case, evening) when children reach a certain age or stage of maturity. It's the stage when they happily play with friends, with little parental supervision or guidance needed.
Saturday night we invited our friends the Kilichowskis and the Kuklinskis (can you tell we live in Finn country?) over for a lasagna dinner. Is it any wonder why AJ enjoys playing with these boys? They came dressed and armed for battle.
On the girl end of the spectrum, Sydney and Reese apparently found Sydney's tube of lip gloss and excitedly presented their glamorous new look.
I somehow managed to miss getting a picture of Avery. For the most part, she stuck with the boys, borrowing one of AJ's helmets and Nerf guns. But the tutu she was wearing didn't quite fit with the rest of the army theme.
And while the kids ran around the house battling foreign invaders, or hung out in Sydney's room playing princess or preparing snacks and treats, the grown ups got to sit and talk, watch a little TV, and just enjoy time with good friends.
The next morning, I surveyed the living room and was pleasantly surprised by how clean it had remained. And then I walked into Sydney's room.
Surveying the wreckage, Sydney smiled up at me and said, "That was a FUN party!"
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