Birthday Tea Party
celebrating her 9th birthday on
June 7th, 2008.
Games will begin at noon.
Tea, lemonade, refreshments & cake will be served at 12:30,
the party will then commence with charming entertainments, ending promptly at 2pm.
Please wear an elegant party dress for this afternoon tea.
You may also wish to don a hat and gloves.
Miss Martin lives at South Avenue.
RSVP
Emma turned 9! Well, she will soon. We had her party early so her school friends could come, of course, none were able to attend. Still, we had a wonderful time with neighbors and church friends. After all, Emma had been planning her Birthday Tea for 5 months!
We were inspired by finding white gloves in the dollar bins at Target. From there, we spent some months looking for pretty tea cups and accessories at second hand stores. The games and invitations were discussed at length (Please see May 29th post, "I'm Going To Be a Better Mom, I Promise.") The menu was also a topic of great debate.
Finally, the night before, everything was together. The decorations and food were finished the morning of. Unexpectedly, but happily, fortunately, providentially, blessedly, my sister Kirsti came for the weekend. She helped a ton. (Thank you Kirsti, the party would not have been as much fun for me without your calm, steady help.)
The party started with a guessing game, charades, and light chatter. The girls were SOOO prim and proper. It was adorable, but after a bit, a little too stale. I had to remind Emma that it was a party and they were allowed to laugh.
Here are the girls in all their finery in front of the table.
The menu:
raspberry herbal tea with cream & sugar, lemonade, crustless-mini PB&J, mini-corn dogs, and mini-pizzas (they are only 6-10 years old), strawberries, apples, frosted cookies, and petite-fours. They ate like dainty locusts.
Here Kirsti pours out the tea. Each girl was able to choose her tea cup and then take it home as a favor. (Did I thank you Kirsti?)
As the girls relaxed, the party became much more lively. Here they play Pass the Parcel. Soon they were telling questionable grade school jokes. They had fun.
Emma in her almost-nine-years-old glory. Happy Birthday my Daisie!
Post Script I had a great time. It was so fun to be graceful and girlie. Watching the little ladies ham it up proper was a delight. I may have gone a bit overboard, but she she's my only girl after all. Still, I don't think I'll have the energy to put together another party like this until her reception.
3 comments:
Kirsti came but can't blog???
Emma, you look so grown up. So beautiful. Congratulations!
Don't be to harsh. She came because JB really wanted to go to the temple and every moment she wasn't at the temple or helping at the party, she was working on Girl's camp.
Emma does look so grown up in the pictures. It actually makes me sad to see my little girl grow up. Thank goodness she came home today covered in dirt with snarly hair.
so sad we weren't able to attend. it sounds like it was really fun.
happy birthday emma! we miss you
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