Here’s a great idea for your kids that takes minimal to no prep at all – host a sleepover in one of your kiddos’ rooms. Or, if they normally share a room, let them sleep in the living room.
As we speak, my girls are in Squid’s room giggling away. We set up Wormy’s sleeping bag on the floor next to Squid’s bed, and laid down the following ground rules (aka summer band camp rules apply):
1. We shouldn’t be able to hear your voices from outside your room.
2. You must get some sleep. If you are crabby tomorrow morning, there won’t be any other sleepovers. If you are in a good mood tomorrow, maybe we can do more of these.
That’s it. Simple enough. We didn’t want to kill ALL of their fun. At Christmas time, we have a tradition in our house that we sleep in the living room with the Christmas tree lights lit all night. If your kiddos sleep in the same room, maybe you could do something fun like have them bring their sleeping bags to the living room and pop on a fun movie. My kids never fall asleep if there’s a movie on, but maybe you’ll have better luck.
Either way, I’m sure my girls are going to be talking about this for awhile!
Car Full of Harmony 