The Sleepover that almost wasn't!

Our girls have been begging us for the last few months to have a sleepover in A's room together. Thinking that C was just too young, we told them they'd have to wait a while. They asked again on Sunday for the sleepover. They don't have school on Mondays, so we decided why not? We talked it up with them, told them they'd have to go to sleep at the same time (we usually let A stay up an extra 15 minutes or so)--we really talked it up! Both of them were super excited. We put one of the bed rails up on A's bed (so C wouldn't fall off. She's used to her toddler bed.)

Bedtime came and C got the hiccups of all things. Of course, A thought that was hysterically funny each time C would hiccup. We could hear them in A's room laughing and giggling so we went in and reminded them they needed to settle down and go to sleep. They tried, but no success. C got up and came to the door. We went in once again and reminded them they needed to stay in bed and sleep or we'd have to take C back to her room. A few minutes later we could hear A begging C to stay still and stay in bed. A really wanted this sleepover to happen. She was trying so hard to get her sister to cooperate! At this point we figured it just wasn't going to happen so I took C back to her room. A was pretty sad, but I told her that after C went to sleep, I'd bring her back to A's room for the night. That seemed to appease them both.

We followed through on our promise and took C into A's room after she went to sleep. A was already asleep by the time I took C in there, but they did both wake up enough with the transfer to know they were having their sleepover after all. We didn't hear a peep from either of them all night long. They were definitely happy campers Monday morning when they woke up from their sleepover! :)