Just Call Me the Brave One!

Yesterday we went to Heathers house for a play date and had a lot of fun swimming. While we were there I invited Austin and Thomas to spend the night after VBS. Of course they were very excited about it. Austin has spent the night many times but this was Thomas first sleepover at a friends house. Claire wasn't sure how he would do once it was time to go to bed so she said she would keep her phone by her bed and she would be happy to come and get him at any time. When I got to the church to pick-up Caleb, Austin, Thomas and our neighbors little boy Tyler they were excited and had plenty of energy, not sleepy like I had hoped for. As we were leaving Ryan Wood gave me a little grin and the token "Good Luck!" When we got home Jeff decided he wanted to be the COOL dad and let the boys play outside and in the Clubhouse after dark. I should not have made the mistake of going outside to join them because once I did Jeff lasted about 2 min. and then disappeared to the basement for the remaining of the evening. After that I let them play inside for just a little bit while I did a few things. About 10:30 it was finally off to bed with them. Thomas was awesome he was asleep in about 10 min. Caleb and Austin couldn't stop talking so it took them about 30 min. longer to finally fall asleep. I woke up this morning about 7:30 and got myself ready, fed the boys Kung Fu Panda waffles, had them get dressed for summer camp,made there lunches, got Christian ready, packed there bags to go home, got them buckled in the car with there favorite stuffed animals for camp and was backing out my driveway at 9:24 this morning. I realized on the way how early we were going to be but, I was OK with that. They were all the first ones to there class, it was kinda funny because that's the earliest we have ever arrived there we are usually a little late. If anyone was wondering, Yes I will do it again. They are great kids and have a lot of fun together. When I see how happy it makes Caleb to be with his friends it makes me think of all the fun times I spent with my friends and the great memories I made with them. I want Caleb to have the same memories with life long friends. It brings me Joy seeing him smile and laugh the way he does when he is with Thomas and Austin.