FIRST REAL SLEEP-OVER

Hello my darling Em,

I loved having you sleep-over this weekend! 
You slept over once or twice when you were a baby and slept in a camp cot but you haven't slept over for a long time. 

Now that you are in your own bed, Mom and Dad allowed you to sleep over when they went to a wedding in the midlands. 

We put a matress down in our room - between the chest of drawers and a chair and padded with pillows.  It made a lovely snug bed for you. 
We played house, tea-party, drawing, cutting out and pasting, and even copied Mr Maker and made animal faces with floppy ears.

You had your dinner with Gumpy - chicken and potato wedges - and after your bath we lay down on your bed and I read you a story.  Then we switched off the light and within 10 minutes you were fast asleep.
I think you dream a lot because you spoke in your sleep and once you even shouted something.

At 4:50am I heard you calling for Mommy.  You were confused and had started walking to the door but I called you and you climbed into my bed.  I thought you might go back to sleep but you were wide awake by then and decided it was a good time to do puzzles and put lipstick on me and your doll Roxy. 

By 8am you were tired and you had a little nap while we were watching TV.  It was a lovely sunny day so we played in the garden, cleaned out the weir at the swimming-pool and did a concert under the Leopard tree.  You did ballet and I did rock 'n roll!

Mom and Dad came for you at mid-day and I missed you when you were gone. 

This painting was done by fingers and brushes.  You splashed paint onto a piece of paper and then you smeared it with your fingers.  I folded it over because there was too much paint on the paper.  When we opened the paper it revealed this lovely colourful butterfly!