Princess Tea Party

We love princesses around here.  We have jammies, clothing, coloring books, toys, books, utensils and probably more covered with princesses.  The girls love playing princess, although for some reason lately they seem to be wanting to be the servant instead of the princess.  I haven't listened closely enough to understand why.

So this last Saturday we had a princess tea party at our house.  I won't take credit for the idea.  A friend from church who has three daughters herself came up with the idea.  We just happened to have it at our house. 

And because of that, the girls all learned an important lesson.  You may be a princess, but even princesses have to clean house before having guests over!  I told them all that they were just acting like Cinderella before her ball.  They did not appreciate my humor!  Although I do have to say that they all handled the work load pretty well and without complaining.

We started off reading a book about all girls being a Princess because their Father is the King.  Think Fancy Nancy with a God slant.  I thought it was a really cute book, and perfect for the evening.

Then we all had some snacks.  Yummy snacks too, I might add.  We did actually have tea in tea cups for all the girls.  There were enough Moms and Grandmas around to insure that no cups were dropped.  That was pretty much my biggest fear of the evening!

Then we moved on to a craft.  One of the dads had painstakingly cut out cardboard into the shape of an old-school phone receiver.  The girls got to be-dazzle these phones and take them home so they have a phone to talk to God on.  Once again, I thought it was an awesome idea.  And the girls all seemed to really enjoy it.  Some of the older girls thought they were really cool and decorated both sides of their phone.  The end result was really nice. 

That's Baby Girl #4 in the front and Baby Girl #3 just to the left of her

The older girls got a separate table.  I think it was better for their sanity that way!

 Of course, no princess party would be complete without a couple of princes in the house.  Hubby and another dad hung out with each other for the evening, trying to stay as far away from the glitter as possible!

It takes a special kind of Dad to show up to a Princess Tea Party!

 All in all, I think everyone who came had a great time.  My girls sure did.  And it gave my girls a chance to become closer to some friends from church which I was glad for!  We're already talking about the next time we can all get together.  I think it is such a blessing to be able to enjoy being with your church family.  I'm glad we have that here!

All God's beautiful princesses