This past weekend I attempted, for the second time, to have a successful sleep over with Daniley. The first time she spent the night with me she was very sick and did not feel good at all. So, this weekend I tried it again and I failed again. When Danica dropped her off she told me she had a little bit of a cold but I wasn't worried because it didn't seem to be bothering her. As soon as her mom left, Daniley asked for a reese cup. Naturally, saying no to this child is very, very hard. Especially when she is asking for candy. Her voice goes up a couple of pitches and she gets a very angelic look on her face. Normally she will cock her head over to one side and say, "May I please have a reese cup Aunt Brookie?" So we went to the "candy drawer" in the kitchen to get a reese cup. I looked and looked and looked but there were no reese cups. Unc loves reese cups too, so they don't stay around for too long. I told Daniley that there were no reese cups and that Unc must have eaten them all. She turned around, marched into Unc's bedroom - where he was still sleeping, and said, "Unc! Did you eat all the reese cups?!?!" He said he did so we had to settle for some num a nums (M&M's). This was the topic of the night. At one point she made up a story about Unc eating all the reese cups. This is how it went. "Once upon a time, there was a Unc and he was very, very bad. He ate all the reese cups. The end."
We then headed off to Mom's to eat ham and black eyed peas. Once again, the ham was delicious!! We came home, got a bubble bath, and watched her new Tinkerbell movie. When the movie went off she said, "That was such a good movie I think we should watch some more." I told her that we couldn't because that was the end. Her reply, "Well, you can just rewind it." Me, "Nope, it's bed time." Now, up until this point we have had a GREAT time. We laughed, played hide and go seek, Acted like Santa Clause and put a bubble beard on our faces, and so much more. This is where the story takes a turn for the worst.
Do you remember in the beginning when I said Daniley had a little cold? Well, we went to bed about 9:15ish. She woke up almost every 45 minutes crying for her Mom. Now, if you know Daniley you know this is not like her. The child does not cry for no reason. I would ask her what was hurting and it would only make her tears fall faster. I would get her and hold her until she fell back asleep. At about 2:30am I called her Mommy. When Danica talked to her on the phone all she would do was cry. So, Danica and I decided she needed her mom and she needed to go home. She cried the whole time I was packing her bags and while I was putting her in the car. Once we got in the car she made several funny comments.
1. I am so glad I don't have to sleep anymore.
2. As we are going through town she says - Let's stop at the barbershop and see what LeLe's doing. I assured her that LeLe was at home asleep.
3. At one point she wanted to know what we were going to eat for breakfast.
Once we got to her house she was much better. I think the fact that she had a cold and couldn't breath kept waking her up. When she would wake up and ask for her Mom and when she wasn't there it was very upsetting to her. Everyone knows that when you're sick all you really want is your mom. So needless to say, we will try again for a successful spend the night -all the way through the night -party. We still had a TON of fun!! I sure do love the Sugar Booger!!
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