Somehow I don't think we'll be getting much sleep tonight. We have our two older grandchildren sleeping over. They have been fizzing with excitement about this for months; for some reason it was deemed to be almost as exciting as Christmas and we had to have a countdown of the number of sleeps until the big night - since before Christmas.
What makes it even funnier is the fact that these grandchildren live very close to us and spend several hours of almost every day in our house, anyway!
Our master bedroom has an open fire, we don't often light it, but I think that part of the attraction for these two is to fall asleep to the flickering flames of the log fire - well who wouldn't?
They have a large blow up mattress on the floor while we 'sleep' in our bed as normal, for a few hours anyway. Almost without a doubt our granddaughter will creep into the middle of our bed during the night, followed by her older brother just before dawn.
There is a large television in the room. We very rarely use it, but they love to have their breakfast in our bed, while watching cartoons on the television.
It really doesn't take much to make them happy.
I'm pulling the drawbridge up tomorrow though. 😉
That's so fun. Our grands are the same and love to come to our wee place for a sleep-over. And I don't sleep much either when they do. lol
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, Not sure who has the most fun - the little ones, or us! I enjoyed seeing the photograph of all your grandchildren together, a beautiful gathering. Happy New Year!
DeleteYou're making such wonderful memories for those little ones. They're lucky to be next to their grandparents. Wishing you all the best for the New Year. Pat
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DeleteWe all thoroughly enjoyed it, although I will admit to having to take a lunch-time nap the following day!
I hope you have a very
Happy New Year!
Seeing the quilt on the bed and the flickering fire make me sleepy. Wish we had put a fireplace in the bedroom in our cabin.
ReplyDeleteHi Henny Penny, They fell asleep listening to stories from Grandpa and watching the dancing shadows on the ceiling. When we bought this place, what is now our bedroom was the living room and dining room, so there was already a chimney in situ, which made it easy for us. It was a good decision! Happy New Year!
DeleteGreat to see a post from you Elaine. Your Grandchildren are adorable and who wouldn't want to spend a night under that wonderful quilt!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and your family :)
Happy New Year Prunella! The pretty quilt is one I made for my granddaughter, the fabrics are nearly all remnants from dresses which I have made for her. The other tweed/corduroy and woollen quilt belongs to my grandson, I made it several years ago when he was going through a 'farming' phase, it was supposed to represent fields and crops. Granny has these flights of fancy!! The grandchildren humour me.
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