Tea for Two?..... try 50!

Wear your hats! Wear your jewels! Wear your dress!

We are having a “T”(ianna) Party…more or less.

There will be games, crafts, and girlie stuff

So don’t forget your boas, tiaras, as well as other fluff.

The time is ten-thirty-

Until everyone rushes away in a hurry.

The date is the sixteenth of September, twenty-ten

In Miss Tianna’s Garden--- We hope to see you then!

When we decided to have a tea party for Tianna's birthday, I couldn't decide if I should just go simple and invite her 2 closest friends and run with it, or branch out a bit. She has just started preschool so I figured we didn't need to invite those friends since she probably hasn't made many yet-- Then I saw her interacting so cutely with her new friends at school, I decided I needed to invite the girls from her class.... Well then there is her primary class, some neighbor girls and ward friends... and so on. Before we knew it we had invited a lot.

The more the more the merrier, right? Well the MORE and the MERRIER it was! Nearly everyone we invited came! We had 20 3-5 year olds and about 10 that were 2 and under... plus their mom's. So, add that up and there were 50 people at her party! It was insane! But we are so pleased we had such a good turnout, and the party was wonderful. We really appreciated everyone who came.

It was so fun watching the girls show up in their fancy clothes and see their faces light up when they saw the decorations.  

First they decorated their place mats (paper plate) with jewels and stickers. They could also draw on their plate and teacup (they were, of course, plastic ones from the dollar store)

While some finished up, they played in the sandbox, danced to the tunes, or my favorite

Played Ring Around the Rosie's. It was so stinkin cute! 

"Ashes Ashes We All Fall Down!"

Then they got their tea-*ahem*-lemonade. and the most adorable cupcakes from Sam's club. (yay for not baking them all myself!)

The last event was the opening of the presents. (probably her favorite part-- of course)

I loved this picture-- it captures the boy vs girl reactions perfectly. Aden is like "what is so exciting about that?" And yet, she is obviously delighted with her new present. And in the picture below, the little girl in the bottom left hand corner has the "*gasp* OH HOW BEAUTIFUL. You are so lucky" look on her face. :) 

It was such a fun, chaotic, and let's admit it, exhausting event... but VERY worth it. Thank you all who came, and thanks for your generous gifts... she got spoiled rotten! 

Adelia didn't really know what was going on-- but she was sure happy to be there!