Slumber party

Rhiannon really wanted to have a slumber party for her birthday this year, so we gave in with the caveat that only the Year 3 girls would be invited (count = 6 including Rhiannon) and we'd let Tryfan invite Bruno so that there was some male presence to diffuse whatever tensions might arise. This turned out to be a good idea because there was a splinter group that declared the movie they were watching to be "lame" and that made the remaining girls feel a bit sad. The boys kept things from escalating.

Watching "Despicable Me 2" before the group on the white couch peeled off

Cat (Bruno's mum) stayed the night too, and she is an expert in painting nails so there was a girly session in the lounge before bed time.

Cat painting nails: Charlie, Freya, Sophie, Iris, Rhiannon and Agnes

 Eventually the 6 girls got into their sleeping bags upstairs in T & R's bedroom (T slept downstairs with Bruno and Cat) but nobody fell asleep until after 1am. We took turns trying to get them to be quiet and go to sleep, but finally Rhodri threatened to have one of them sleep in another room if she couldn't stop talking. They slept after that!

Slumber scene with everyone in their bags.

 The next morning everyone was a bit blurry but had survived the night.

Tryfan, Bruno, Rhianno, Freya, Charlie, Agnes, Iris and Sophie in morning-after mode

By about 11:15am everyone was gone and we could start the day! There were tears and huffs and not much sleep by anyone, but all's well that ends well in this case... Rhiannon was happy with how it all went, and that's the important thing.