"Brie, can I sleep wif you?"

Give me a break. What do you do when your juicy, 3yr old niece says to you, on your way out the door after a Friday night pizza party at her house, "Brie, can I sleep wif you?" What did you think was going to happen??

As soon as I said, half jokingly, "Ava, do you want to sleep at my house?" She said yes and went upstairs to her room to pack. With minimal help from Court, Ava's princess backpack was packed and it contained 7 dolls/stuffed animals, two blankets, and one princess sleeping bag attached to the outside of the bag. She came downstairs and started saying her goodbyes. She was sooooo cool at that point. Her older brother and sister were TOT JEAL.
As we got home and Russell went to work, Ava got all cozy in my bed and kept saying, "Brie, dis is so cozeee!!"
I was in Ava Heaven. She was just juicy. No other words describe her that night....except for maybe Insomnia.
Because this was her first sleepover, she didn't want to sleep. After we watched "Nanny McPhee" which she calls "Nanny Poop Bum" (its off the movie) it was past 11pm. I thought she surely she must be exhausted from all the jumping on the bed, late night chats, and the movie...but to no avail. She wanted to talk and laugh and play...however, after a long week, my eyes were definitely failing me. So between my sleepy eyes, small whispers every few minutes, and intermittent jumping sprees- We....and I mean SHE, fell asleep about 1am. I however, couldn't fall asleep until 4 am..awesome.
She did let me sleep in until about 9am, which I was pleasantly surprised...but when I heard small whispers again saying..."Brie, Brie, I have to go potty." I knew sleeping was done. Luckily I had showed her where to go a few hours prior so she finally just got up and went to the bathroom. As she was in there, she courteously left the door open and waved to me while doing her duty. Almost upon completion of her "task" she toots on the toilet and looks at me, laughs, and then waves one finger by her nose and said, "Big toots." I was dying- I was laughing so hard...In that instant I knew that is why we had the sleepover. I also knew that I was so mad for not having my camera near by to catch it all on film....dang it. She is a precious and hilarious munchkin. So after a hearty breakfast

Little Mermaid movie

and nail painting, it was over...she was asking for mom.

It was, however, one of the best sleepovers ever and just a precursor to the following week when older sister, Elley, came over for her sleepover.

I promised Elley I would put the pictures on that she took of us, so here they are. Also, I pinky swore that i wouldn't tell anyone who she has a crush on...but here is a picture that might give you a hint...We watched "Hairspray" two times in less than 24 hours.

Needless to say it was a hit-after watching Zac Efron, a small pillow fight, popcorn and treats..we fell asleep. Elley was so sad to say goodbye and upset at the same time that we couldn't have another sleepover that next night. I'm really campaigning for best aunty.