Last night DD invited 5 girls over for a slumber party. Plus my three meant 8 crazy little girls running around. Since this wasn't a birthday party or anything, I didn't plan any activities, figuring that the girls would just kind of hang out until it got late and then settle in for a movie.
Ha! They fought constantly. One of them, L, was trying to boss around the rest, and they fought back. I went upstairs to find three of them crying. The first one I found was L. When I asked her why, she reported that my DD told her that she should probably leave since she couldn't get along with anybody!
I realized then that I probably needed to intervene. This is probably the cheeziest thing I have ever done, but I didn't know what else to do. I made all the girls sit in a "feelings circle". I had a macaroni bead necklace that I named the "speaker necklace", and only the person wearing it could speak. Then one at a time, each girls got to say what she was upset about, and then apologize to anyone whose feelings she had hurt. It actually worked out pretty well, and everybody got along after that.
Later, I indoctrinated them into the world of The Goonies, the slumber party staple from my generation, and they followed that up with the new must have for all girls, High School Musical. In the end I think they all had fun, but I think we will all be taking naps this afternoon.
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