First "Slumber Party"

Ana has a friend, James, visiting from Wisconsin. She knew him for most of her life - they were buddies in Pittsburgh - and his family moved shortly after ours did. It has been so wonderful to see how much fun Ana is having with him. None of her anxiety is here, she is her old self, and has even created her own song about how she is "going to marry him, but only when they grow up because that's what Mommy says is the rule. Ooh, ooh, ooh."

These days, Ana will tell anyone who will listen, and even anyone who won't, how she does not like kids to come to her house because it makes her too nervous, but she was overjoyed to find out that James would be sleeping at her house! "A slumber party! Slumber party! Whoo! Hoo!"

I figured I'd be popping her bubble when I told her that James would be sleeping downstairs with his parents and she'd be sleeping up in her room, but I shouldn't have worried. "Yea! A slumber party! A slumber party!"

"Uh...yes, Ana. A slumber party!"

Hopefully she will forget all about this particular slumber party by the time she has her first real one. I can just imagine her now... "Hey...wait a minute! That lady tricked me!"

Until then it's sweet dreams ;-)