Our friends Carrie and Kyle decided to hit the Bruce Springstein concert in Baltimore last Friday night. They didn't want to take Ava to the rock concert, so we offered to keep her for the night. Ava is William's best buddy and she is 6 months older. William was super excited at the idea of Ava sleeping at our house and he asked a lot of questions like, "where's Ava going to sleep?" "what's Ava and William doing at the sleepover?" and "when's Ava coming over?"
Ava came to the house around 5pm on Friday night. I packed up the car and we met Dan at National Airport so the kids could RUN around and exhaust themselves.
We then headed over to TGI Fridays for dinner. This happens to be one of William's most favorite hang outs because from the second floor of the restaurant, you have a bird's eye view of the Delta terminal. The kids could sit and eat dinner while they watched the planes take off, land and taxi to and from various Delta gates. Ava thought it was SO FUN and William loved telling her all about the planes and what they were doing.
After joy riding on the elevators, escalators and moving walkways, the kids were not even close to being ready to go home. It was 7:45pm and I was anxious to get home because unlike my child, Ava is not a night owl. She's like clock work and ready for bed at 7:45-8pm. Done. Even though I knew we could push her a little bit, I hated to think how hard it might be on her to go the extra mile. So, we got back in the car and headed home.
Once inside the house, the party started all over again. Ava got a second wind (who knew?) and William was all about playing in the Thomas tunnel. I talked them into getting on their pjs first and then they hit the toys. Ava loved William's Nerf gun airplane and shot it across the room a million times. William would stand by the front door and catch the plane every time she shot it over towards him and then he'd laugh hysterically as he gave it back....this went on for 20 minutes or so. After a good hour of play, Dan and I made our way upstairs to put them to bed. Ava slept in William's bed and William slept in our room in his very own cave. They both thought the sleeping arrangements were fabulous! By this time, it was 9:15 and yes, Ava was still awake (who knew?) She was totally exhausted but kept those eyes from closing as hard as she could. She kept asking me to talk about everything we did at the airport and then we reviewed all the toys we played with and after 2 sippy cups, 1 binkie, 2 baby dolls, 4 pillows and a story, the sweet little lady was out. Next morning the troops woke up around 7:50am. Ava woke up first and we went down stairs to play with the Nerf airplane gun that she dearly loves. A few minutes later a little voice from upstairs shouted, "AVA! I AM AWAKE! YOU DOWNSTAIRS? I AM AWAKE!" Along came William. The two of them just giggled and beamed at each other. I think they were so delighted with the fact that Ava got to stay the night. It was a new concept and one William liked a lot.
We played a few rounds of Cheerio Bingo and then took the kids to the park to play. Carrie met us there and retrieved Ava. We were sad to see her go, but considering she's our neighbor, William was sure he'd see her again real soon!
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