girl's dinner party

friday afternoon i got a call from my friend kate who wanted to know if we might be able to watch their two girls for a few hours while she and aaeron went to a christmas party. she was very apologetic for the last minute notice, but we don't ever have plans so it wasn't a big deal.

as soon as they got to the house, madelyn excitedly ran to the christmas tree pointing so that avery and tess would see the lit tree. and then she gave them a tour of the ornaments. the tree was quickly passed by for all the other toys available for exploration. after a little bit of playing, dinner was ready (mac and cheese, hot dogs, and broccoli). it occurred to me that this was madelyn's first dinner party. the girls were so excited to be entertaining each other. they were cracking matt and i up because there were almost no words spoken, but they were all hysterically laughing at each other. and then it would fall silent for a few moments.

matt and madelyn spent some time playing basketball in the basement while i was gone and matt suggested that we take the three girls down to run around a play for a while. i don't think that any of them really got that it was basketball they were playing, but they had so much fun running around chasing the balls and screaming/laughing. and occasionally they would try to shoot a basket. i wish that i had the camera with me, but i didn't. luckily no one got hurt and everyone had fun.

at least no one got hurt playing in the basement. madelyn tripped an slammed her forehead on the coffee table. and this only figures because we were planning on taking family picture on saturday morning (i know, i know, i am SO behind this year). it definitely left a mark, but it could have been a lot worse. she quickly shook it off and got back to playing, so everything was fine.

all the girls finally went down around 9, even though none of them wanted to stop playing. all and all, we had a great evening. love.