Eclectic Parent

Yesterday the house was full of princesses - and a few princes - for B’s 4th birthday party. It was a princess tea party complete with dressing up, changing outfits repeatedly, the princesses once being chased by a dragon and the whole finger sandwiches kind of tea time. She had a fantastic  time dressing up with her friends and doing all little foofy fabulous stuff.  The jewels sparkled and and the gowns flowed.  B’s big brothers weren’t interested in attending a princess tea party until we pointed out that formal events often had servers. They love playing dress up too and thought that would be fun. The boys love to get dressed up in their jackets and ties. They opened the door, passed craft supplies around and helped bring the tea and cake to the princesses and dragon.  They played their parts to help the princesses feel at home.   Her pink bedroom seemed to be the perfect back drop to play in their fanciest dresses and shinny jewels. An exquisite time was had by all.

After the guests left, she broke out several of her gifts. We knit a little on her knitting loom she was given with some luscious pink yard. Then the boys wanted to get out our hat looms to work on knitting too. B had a tea party for her dolls with her new tea set while wearing new jewelry. Claiming honest exhaustion we put off building our own bear and putting her Fancy Nancy puzzle together until tomorrow.