Tea For Two!

We tried a destination birthday party for the first time this year. After finding out Andy would be out of town for the four days preceding Brooklyn's party, I put in a call to The Glass Slipper in Powell. It was great! Brooklyn invited 7 other girls to a "My Doll and Me" tea party. It was adorable! The girls all dressed up and found their best manners to participate in the tea. I almost hired a professional photographer to capture the day, but decided since I had NOTHING else to do, I would take the photos. Now I'm kicking myself! My pictures are almost all blurry and the flash didn't act the way I wanted it to. Oh well, at least we have great memories!

This is the group outside the tea house. Brooklyn is holding her souvenir "glass" slipper.

All birthday honorees put their hand print with name and date in a special room in the house. Of course, Brooklyn chose pink paint for her hand print. They were running out of room on the walls so Brooklyn put her hand on the floor.

Each of the girls had to introduce themselves and their dolls. Then, they had to tell one reason their doll was so special to them.



The girls had an etiquette lesson before the tea began on how to place their napkins, how to wipe their mouths, and what to do with the napkin when they were finished. All went well until one party goer launched into a "Cake, cake, cake..." chant. Soon all the girls were shouting "CAKE!" at the tops of their lungs! So much for manners!

During the gift opening, Brooklyn sat in a special chair. The girl whose gift was being opened sat next to her. It was nice not to have everyone scrambling for a position to see their gift opened and begging to help.

Brooklyn wore an off white dress with lavender flowers that matched her doll's. Within the first 10 minutes of arriving at the party, the hostess offered dress ups to all the girls. Brooklyn chose a lovely burgundy number that looked like a Christmas dress. It was a few sizes too big and looked very lumpy with her other dress underneath. It is in ALL my pictures! I can't decide whether to be annoyed at the dress or at myself for wanting to control the party. Comments?



The last event was the tea party limbo. The girls went wild! They were giggling and cheering each other on. Who knew limbo was such a hit?


The party was a great success. It will be hard to go back to doing all the work. It is so much fun having a little girly girl!