Sleepover

The idea of our female grandchildren staying overnight with us was first mooted in Dec 2015 when all of us were holidaying in Taiwan. In Taipei we stayed at Palais De Chine, a hotel with pretty big room space. The one my wife and I stayed had a master bedroom with an adjoining room with mattress on the floor.

                                                                             Master bedroom

                                                                  Adjoining room
The kids were pretty excited and wanted to stay with us for the night. There were 4 girls at that time but SH at 16 months, was considered too young and would probably create problems. The adults were apprehensive of the whole suggestion  but with the parents nearby, it was not considered a big issue.

SH, centre of picture , was left out from the attempted Taiwan sleepover

                                               The threesome

Initially they had their fun but near bed time when it was time for lights out, ChO couldn't sleep with lights on. SX on the other hand need a light on. Habit when young I suppose. CLO was already dozing off. CH started crying and Sx joined in the chorus. Meantime ClO was sleeping soundly. We called the parents to bring back the girls and ClO, woken up from her sleep, added to the decibel already in the room.
So the idea was abandoned for the rest of the trip.

A year later in Dec 2016, the girls wanted to stay one night during the Dec school holidays. There were some misgivings with the Taiwan event in mind but kids will be kids. Hard to dampen their enthusiasm. The light off light on episode was still there but Popo compromised by bringing in a lamp shade casting dim light. Apparently workable.

SH was now a year older and also allowed to form the quartet. Sometime in the evening towards bedtime she did show her homesickness but CHO, a year older proved a stabilising influence. The light on light off problem was still there but Popo compromised by bring in a small lamp shade casting a dim light. Apparently workable. The lamp shade was used over the next couple of sleepovers but after that the light off was accepted.
Overall the girls appeared happy. Did some artwork to pass time.

The girls were now treating the sleepover as a norm. There were the usual artwork session. For Jun 2017, Popo decided to let the girls made some gingerbread man. They did a decent job, at least the cookies were edible.

                 Another gingerbread man session, this time a little more creative and colour

                  Apart from the usual art session, the girls were shown how to make mooncake
                  by Popo. Edible too.

                                     Another new session was added, this time making hotdog buns

This was an additional sleepover due to SX and SH's day care scheduling. The other two cousins joined in as well.

Making more hotdog buns. Even SH joined in.  The thing was the buns disappeared quite quickly once out of the oven as the girls couldn't wait to sample their products.

The girls are getting older. CHO is now in secondary school. There is plan for a sleepover in Jun this year.