Cole's First Sleepover

A few weeks ago Ben and Miss Em invited Cole and Jackson over for a sleepover....a first for all 3 of the boys.  Cole was so excited and we jumped at the opportunity.  This was a huge deal for us.  Up until this point Cole had never spent the night away from home without us.  Poor Emily and Jim had to put up with my worries and questions for a few weeks (I'm sure next time they will invite Cole about 2 hours beforehand to avoid me - ha!).  Cole was determined to go, sleep over and enjoy every second of his time....and that is just what he did.  I'm not going to lie....on the way over to Ben's, Cole asked me to pray with him and tell him everything that was going to happen.  He was especially concerned with the sleeping arrangements and what would happen if he needed something in the night.  Emily and Jim are like family to us, I knew without a doubt Cole would be spoiled rotten and I think, deep down he knew that too. One bonus of the night was that Jim's parents were in town so there was even more love to go around.  As soon as Ben opened the door the boys took off to play.  I said my last "I will come get him anytime if you need me to." and Lily and I headed off to enjoy some girl time.  Emily had it all planned out - the boys played hard, ate well and even got to make t-shirts.  She had a stuffed animal for each of them (Cole still sleeps with it) and made everything very cozy for the boys.  Ben and Cole wanted to share a bed on the floor which worked out well because Jackson really wanted to check out Ben's bed.  After a fun bubble bath, Emily and Jim tucked them in and did not hear a peep from them until morning.  Rhonald, Lily and I went to pick Cole up and he was so sad to leave.  All of the way home he kept asking when he would be able to go do that again.  When I asked him if he missed me he sweetly said, "No.  But I did miss Lily Kate.  She is my best buddy!" After hearing about how much fun he had and how well he did I could feel myself breathe a huge sigh of relief!  I could not have been more proud of him!  I see many more sleep overs in our future....now, if Emily would just offer to keep Lily Kate too...:)