Fairy Princess Tea Party

Sydney got to go to her first friend birthday party this past weekend. It was fairy princess themed and all the little girls were asked to come dressed up. It couldn't have come at a better time because in the past two weeks, Sydney suddenly realized what a tea party is... although at home I was calling it a water party.  She talked about the party all morning before and kept reminding me that we needed to hurry so we wouldn't be late. She liked getting all dressed up and I think she liked it even more when she realized all her other friends were dressed up too.

At the party, the girls got their nails painted, faces painted, got new fairy wings and wands, ate cake, sang happy birthday, and best of all they got to have a real tea party. Carrie, the birthday girl's mom, is apparently quite the birthday party genius. She had a tea party table set up with individual tea cups, saucers, and spoons for each girl. She had tons of yummy food for both the kids and adults alike. I came home having ate way too much food and sugar; Sydney was loving it! I was really proud of Sydney... this having been her first birthday party for her patience in waiting to do things until the hostess was ready, (She wanted to paint her nails and eat as soon as we walked in.) and being content to watch the birthday girl open her presents without getting upset that nothing was for her. We didn't talk much about party etiquette before we went, and she had a really fun time. I couldn't get any really good pictures because she was too absorbed in loving everything around her.

I love watching her grow up and experience new things for the first time. I think I had as much fun as she did... even though I never thought I'd get so much joy from the girliness. I guess she inherited the girly genes from somewhere, so even though it's not my forte, I like to help her be girly when she wants to because she loves it  and is so dang cute :).