my single mom journey...: Emily's first sleepover!

Emily has slept over with other people a few times... but this weekend was her first time to have a friend over, and she was sooooooo excited! We are planning on having one during our upcoming Chinese New Year break, but this one was totally a spur-of-the-moment sleepover, that took her by surprise, and she just could not believe this was actually happening!

I couldn't believe how giddy she was! Now that I look back, I can see why she was so excited... because I like to plan things in advance, have the house all clean, have food in the fridge... yadda, yadda, yadda... But not this time. Not our FIRST time!

No time to discuss "how we treat our guests" or to remind her that "what's ours is theirs". No time to make a "where's everyone going to sleep" plan. Just a, "Sure, come on over!"

So, we left our friend, Belle's house, with Belle, and of course, I made a stop by the market on our way home. Had to have SOMETHING for breakfast! I plotted how we were all going to sleep... though that was thrown out the window.

We ALL slept in the same bed, had chocolate milk and eggs for breakfast, and Emily treated her guest well and shared her stuff without being told. It was fun to watch the two girls play so well together and the smiles and laughter encouraged me to live by the "spur-of-the-moment" more often! Well, in China... you kinda have to learn to, anyway. ;)

Emily is showing Belle last year's yearbook.

Silly Faces!

Playing Barbies and watching Full House.

Good morning.... 6:30 a.m.

Okay, we guess we'll smile...

Chocolate milk and eggs.
Take note---it's 7 a.m. and Emily is already in her Korean dress-
up outfit. Every weekend--never fails--she loves that thing!