Living in Putin's Backyard ~ Our Adventures in Mother Russia: Mike's "Birthday" Sleep Over

Mike's 4th birthday was June 28 and since we were USA bound June 11 for the summer, Mike did not have a birthday party. I asked him if he wanted a party before we left and he said "no mommy.... I just want a sleepover with my two friends Ben and Bryan" - Done and Done. But when to do it???? I couldn't be done before we left. There was not nearly enough time and everyone seemed to be traveling in June. Best option was do it when we returned in August.

August flew by and with so much going on, people still returning from their summer trips, getting ready for school, time just seemed to get away from me and planning this sleep over. Well I nailed down a date in September and stuck with it. Mike had his friends over September 18. Seemed to work out best for the other families as well.

I was a little skeptical about this.... I mean a sleep over with 3 rowdy 4yr old boys...... Cold be bad right? Not at all! They were so good!!! And it was a blast having them here. Mike really adores these two :-) All her talked about that week was when were friends coming over!!!!!

Look how happy these three are!!!

The best way to handle feeding a whole bunch of hungry kiddos was order from the CC :-) The Jackson's hung out with us as well for a few hours

Who says you can only sled when it is snowing!!! We have a pretty good hill behind our house and they did this for a few hours

Taking a little break from sledding to roast some yummy marshmallows

This little one was too cute with the Marshmallows :-)

When you try and say "cheese" with a mouth full of fluffy goodness

CJ and Nicholas literally shooting for the stars :-)

And were back to sledding - The bounce house was also set up and the kids were going back and fourth between the two

Bryan orchestrated a game a "superhero's and bad guys" - they strapped the sleds to their back to use them as shields and ran around with a toy guns fighting the bad guys :-) Got a good laugh out of them

Then it was time to go to sleep - Ash and CJ really had a hard time about not being able to sleep with the boys and watch Toy Story for a little bit. I asked the boys if they minded and they were very welcoming to Ash and CJ staying in the room with them. We set up shop in our play room and as you can see they fell asleep differently from where they started :-)