Have You Ever Had a Family Sleepover?

My best friend from growing up, who is like a sister to me, lives an hour away so when we see each other we often have a sleepover. Sometimes at their house, sometimes at ours. It’s so fun. We usually get together around 3 or 4, take a walk, then have dinner. At their house the grownups have a fire in the fireplace and usually take a late night hot tub after the kids are sleeping. At our house we’ll have a fire outside. The kids always have a blast and in the morning we have a group breakfast like pancakes or bagels and lox then we head home.

We had a family sleep over, (me, my husband, 2 kids, they’re family my with 3 kids, and their nanny), when a big tropical storm (almost hurricane) went through our area in Florida a few years ago. (There house was on high ground and ours was only 5 ft above sea level) It was great fun. 24hrs of games, movies, food, taking, some sleep. In the end our house didn’t get flooded, and we switched houses for dinner of pizza and to check out the storm damage at our local beach.

I love Anton in his little ski sweater.

Am I the only person who thinks this is my nightmare? ?

Hate sleeping at other peoples’ homes and would hate having someone sleep at my house. Our parties need an end time. BUT for people who are more low key this sounds so much fun and I can appreciate it on their behalf

We have been doing family sleepovers with our best friends and their two boys for about 3 years…meeting up about every 6 weeks.They are AWESOME! Kids are entertained, we all catch up, no one has to drive home for bedtime, and when the kids go to bed we play cards or board games! They have kept our friendship tight and current when finding a time to have a good hangout can be tough!

3 years ago our closest couple friends had a little girl 3 weeks after we had ours. We decided to celebrate NYE together with a sleepover at our house. Our girls were 2 and 3 months old, barely sleeping at night so why not commiserate together? My husband made a wonderful dinner, we had a glass or two of well-timed champagne while the men took down whiskey and we watched TV, and just relaxed in jammies. We now do it every year. Our girls are 3 now and the cutest of friends. Some years other couples have joined for the 6-12 portion before cabbing home. Then in the morning our friends make a big breakfast and we have bloodies, coffee, cinnamon rolls, and egg bake and hang out til noon. It’s become one of my favorite traditions of the year.

We do it all the time! I’ve been best friends with two fantastic ladies since college (when our sleepovers were always called School Night Sleep Overs). After, we all lived together for a while then split off to different sections of Boston when we met significant others. But we always had our sleepovers! Even with the boyfriends! Fast forward 10 years, three marriages, four kids, and all of us living in different places. Our husbands are best friends, we’ve stayed best friends, and since it’s a little bit of a haul to get to each other, every get together is a sleep over! There’s no one I’d rather have see me in my curly hair bedhead than my best friends <3

We do this (or mean to do this) all the time, it’s the best, especially when our 2.5 year old wakes up saying “(Insert Friends Name) where are you???” and they get to see each other again first thing in the morning. It was (along with hosting family) one of the main reasons we did a loft extension. My only requirement for it is no fuss, invite people over and just make whatever you normally would for dinner/breakfast. They’re just happy to see you, and as a result you do it more often.

I guaranty these kids play cards better than me

My folks used to do this when we were kids and it one of my favorite memories. Always so much fun to wake up and know that our cousins or friends would still be there! Like Christmas but without the stress.

Coup is really fun, it’s by the same people who did The Resistance and you can play it with way less players (buy the expansion pack too for more fun). I also like Organ Attack, Spyfall, Codenames and Funemployment.

I agree with everyone recommending Codenames!! Best game ever- also anomia and Monikers. Monikers has everyone in stitches every time. Great party game.

I love this! My fiancé and I live about 40 minutes west of Denver in the foothills and most of our friends live in Denver. We love to have them up for friend sleepovers since going out to dinner or to a movie becomes a really long night. When they come up, they bring their doggies and we all play board games and relax! :)

We love family sleepovers! Years ago when we moved into our house, we started a tradition of some of our best friends (from in town) spending the weekend at our place- we jokingly refer to it as the ‘F.I.R.P.’ (Friend in Residence Program). Now that we have kids, I love our FIRP weekends even more! Life is chaotic, so it’s so luxurious to be able to catch up with a friend over multiple meals, wine and board games, and to see our kids bond with the people in our lives who are as important as family.

I LOVE games. One that is great and your boys might be into soon is Survive: Escape from Atlantis. It is for 8+years old but i suspect a 7 year old would be able to play too. There are sharks, whales, a Loch Ness monster… I think it is really fun.

Concept is another neat game for adults or for families and you can keep score or you can all work together.

I saw someone else already mentioned Code Names and I second that one too.

(My husband and I play a LOT of games… we have been together for 7 years and bought our first TV a few months ago – all our evening time went to playing games because we liked that more. Board Game Geek is a great website with descriptions, reviews, and categories you can search if you are looking for more games.)

Looking up the resistance now & the box says 5-10 players. Does it work with 4? Looks fun!

One of my best friends lives about an hour away with her husband and 2 daughters. About 3 times a year, I go visit them and stay for 1 or 2 nights. It’s fun to be around the kids and they get extra attention and manicures. And then I go home and decompress a bit ;) I’m actually visiting after Thanksgiving!

We have great friends who we do sleepovers with about 4 times a year. We started this because we live about an hour away from each other and by the time you do dinner and catch up it seems like it’s time to go. Especially when the kids are little and need to go to bed. So now they come on a Saturday around 3pm and the kids play and we catch up. Dinner around 6:30. Kids then watch a movie and then off to bed. We play games such as Ticket to Ride, Cards Against Humanity and Catch Phrase. We make breakfast in the morning and then leave by 11am. So much fun and no stress!!