Raising Our Chicks: Back to school backyard slumber party campout!

On our summer list was to campout in the backyard AND the girls have been asking to have their friends sleepover so...the idea of the back to school backyard slumber party campout was born. And because I can't just invite people over and hope things come together, I planned and created a theme and baked and organized to make it a super fun memory for the girls & their friends. They each invited a friend to sleepover, Harper & Haley had their little friends come for the evening and we:

Made our own trail mix
Made a picture frame for each girl to take home including a camp picture
Neighborhood scavenger hunt
Made smores (even though they were made in the microwave!)
Grilled Hot Dogs
Squealed and screamed at everything because that it was 8 little girls do

Lily & her friend were the loudest...Lacy & her friend were the calmest. No surprises there. Had to tell Lily & her friend to calm down a bazillion time...Lacy & her friend none. A super proud moment for me was when I heard Lacy say to her friend, "Now, we need to pray and thank God for our food before we eat. That's what we do at our house"

They were shockingly asleep by 11p, slept all night until 7a, ate a sugar filled breakfast and Moms picked them up around 9. It was exhausting but so much fun..makes me think I could handle more than 4...hmmm....anyway, I know we'll be having a lot more sleepovers & I'm totally Ok with that. I want to be the house that's fun, I would rather host chaos than have my kids at someone else's house.