Mimi’s Sleep Over
Sometimes, we received invitation for Mimi to go to her friend’s house for a sleepover. Usually, we are happy to entertain these requests if we know the family well. Jordan has a circle of girl friends and we know their family pretty well over the year.
On Thursday night, mommy received a phone call from a friend who I don’t hear often from Jordan. The invitation was for a Saturday’s sleepover. Mommy was a little hesitated for a sleepover because we don’t know the girl, let along her parents. I might be a little over-protected but I really want to know who will be in the household if Mimi is going to stay over-night. When asking Mimi, she was interested in joining her friends and was pleading for a chance to go to the party. Mommy asked who other friends will be there. It sounds like a few girls she is close with will also be there. In addition to that, Mommy did a little checking 
and found that her father is a Cornell faculty. I guess it should be all right.
Sunday morning mommy and daddy went to their house to pick up Mimi. She seemed really tired and exhausted. The girl’s mother said that this group of girls was very excited and stayed up quite late. She gave up asking them to bed at 1am in the morning.
When cleaning Mimi’s clothes, mommy smelled cigarette. As it turned out, her mother smokes. Mimi went on telling us that she ate lots of candies during her stay. Saturday dinner, they served pizza, fruit and vege platter. However, all she ate was two slices of pizza and filled her stomach with countless candies. To top that, she stayed up until around 3 o’clock in the morning!!
I am really disappointed with the choices she made when we aren’t around. We always want her to eat healthy and make good choices about her diet. She knows our expecations on candies and sweet. She also knew what will do to her if she stays up late. I guess she acts differently when she is with friends.
Mimi came home brushing her teeth 4 times. She said she still couldn’t get rid of the taste of candies and syrup she had from her sleep over. In addition to that, she was very exhausted and cranky. We had a full afternoon planned to work on her family consumer science project. She said she was too tired for that. Mommy told Mimi all of her activities will be held as planned. Like it or not, she will have to complete her assignment as she planned — even if she is tired. I want her to know that she made really bad choices and will have to live up to her consequences.
It wasn’t a pretty afternoon. She gave us an attitude during lunch and was upset when practicing her piano. When mommy asked her to work on a particular piece of music, she threw a tantrum. Mommy asked her to calm down and collect herself. About 10 minutes later, I found her crying and hiding inside of her closet.
I hope Mimi learned a lesson today. I certainly learned mine. I can’t blame anyone when my own child is not exercising good judgement and taking full accountability for her own behavior. I will need to think twice when the next invitation comes for a sleep over…….
