Snow Day Sleepover

We finally had a snow day! It was the Monday after the state gymnastics meet and Ally could not have been more thrilled. Especially because she had made some plans with friends that if there was a snow day they would come over for a "snow day sleep over". The girls waited anxiously Sunday evening at their own homes for the snow day to be called. Ally kept asking me again and again.
Finally it was called around 6pm and the fun started at 7pm.

The picture above is from a Saturday birthday party. Xela (In the red shirts they are holding up) turned 12 and had a party at a local trampoline park. Lizzie, Daniela, Cata, Colette, Ally, Penelope and Willow were there. I drove home Ally, Lizzie, Daniela, Colette and Willow - and it is in the car they hatched their plan for a sleepover.

They watched a really sad movie, Everything, Everything and they all cried.

In the morning I went to work, Becky made them pancakes, they watched a second movie - a little more upbeat Midnight Sun and then Becky took them sledding. They were all lazy and didn't feel like making the trek to a large hill so they went to the small one right near our house.  And they had a blast.

They all tried to pile onto one sled. That is Ally's very first sled - we used to pull her around the neighborhood on it. Hard green plastic - I think its 10 years old and still going strong.

But it turns out 1 sled doesn't  fit 4 girls

So they used two sleds and held on to each other.

 I think the sheer glee and happiness is clear on all of their faces. They might be firmly tweens at 12 years old but still young enough to have fun on a dinky little hill in the fresh snow with friends.

They took turns burying each other in the snow. Becky took snow motion videos of them each break out of the snow which the girls all loved and Instagrammed.

They even lined up and rolled down the hill. Having fun old school style.

Then it was back home for hot cocoa.

It was a delightful time had by all.