We Are All Princesses

Being a mom of young girls, we are all about being princesses.  At Zoe's age it's about dressing up like Cinderella and singing "a dream is a wish your heart makes" while combing her hair.

For D & E it's more subtle.  It's getting their hair done, wearing their new dress to church or just being made to feel like they're the only girl their daddy sees.

For me it's watching N scrub something clean, like a tub or a dish. 

My friend Jorene and I decided we needed to do something for the ladies of our church.  If we call Him our Father and He's also our King, that makes us princesses in His kingdom.  Instead of having a dress-up party for young girls, we decided to do a party for all age princesses.  Dressing up was totally optional.  Although next year it may not be!

For the last three months we've been planning this Princess Party.  I found some really adorable crown frames everyone could decorate and crowns made of pipe cleaners.  We got to work. 

My counter was covered with these beauties:

We had a cake pop party a couple days before the event.

I cannot confirm or deny if a few of them may have accidently, totally innocently been tested before we served them to the princesses. 

We got to work getting them ready to showcase as a centerpiece on the table.

The room was full of pinks, purples, flowers, balloons, sandwiches in the shape of tiaras and every so often a glimmer from a pipe cleaner.

We had 60 ladies show up to make crown frames, get their pictures taken with their tinsel crowns, hear a story about Gigi and hear of God's love for His princess, no matter how young at heart we may be.

It was a wonderful time and we've been asked to host it next year too.  It's great to see the ladies of our church, of all ages, come together, wear pipe cleaner tiaras and realize their place in His kingdom. 

Especially this little one.  Who, if you ask me or N, is already a princess in our hearts too.