Perfect Princess Tea

For Mattie's fifth birthday (in September) we had a Perfect Princess Tea party. Her favorite princess is Belle....mainly because she wears yellow, not because she has seen Beauty and the Beast, because she hasn't. She's just not into watching princess movies, however, she loves playing with her princess dolls and tea sets. 


The entire inspiration came from the CD we had playing during the party.....Disney's Perfect Princess Tea....it is personalized with Mattie's name inserted throughout. We kept the party small and (almost) followed the "number of guests rule" of the child's age plus one. 


Belle greeted guests in the foyer :-)

The simple cake table held the Belle cake, Disney World picture of Mattie and Belle, napkins, and an antique tea service. 

I decided to use my real china for the party. Not a single piece was chipped! 

Mattie and all of her friends loved getting dressed up for tea!

Macie wouldn't dress up! 

The menu was simple and girly: ham and cheese sandwiches cut into hearts and flowers, fruit, Wheat Thin Stix, and lemonade (instead of hot tea). 

My sweet friends Kimberly, Harlan, and Renee came by!

The girls played Ring Around the Rosie as the Cedarmont Kids CD played the song. 

The girls received a manners and etiquette lesson before the tea and they were all so sweet and polite! 

We even had a little brother tagging along but he refused to dress up in the dragon costume :-) He was a perfect little prince though! (We had a slideshow with Mattie's Disney pics playing on the tv.)

Gift time!

Macie doing her hair :-)

That's Karla in the background....she took ALL of the pictures and lifted a great load off of my shoulders! 

Even though it was a very simple party it turned out to be the best one we've had! 

Happy birthday, Mattie Caroline! We love you to pieces!!!


2 Peter 3:18 (NIV) But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

Two

Happy Birthday, Macie Jane! You are two years old and have grown and learned so much in the past year. Here are some pictures showing how much you changed throughout the year. 

One year ago you could not walk. You crawled and cruised along the furniture then started pushing things around.

You loved being held upside down!

Still trying to walk!

You were 15 1/2 months old when you took your first steps in May 2010!

This was your first time walking on grass.

Just look at how much your hair grew!

Since our Disney World trip every time we ask you what your name is you answer, "Lella"! For some reason you still think your name is Cinderella! 

On January 1 you said your first prayer. We were at lunch and you said, "Mama, DaDa, Mayee (Mattie), Me, Co-ee (Chloe, our kitty) Aaayyymen"! 

You are very polite and have just started saying "Please, thank you" all at once when you want something because you know you'll eventually need to say thank you!


When someone sneezes you always nod your head and say, "Biss yew". 

This week you have been using the potty some....this was even your idea! 

You've had a fun, exciting, and happy year. Happy birthday, sweet girl! Mommy and DaDa love you so much.


Psalm 127:3 NIV - Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.