I once again managed to dodge a Barbie party (by the skin of my teeth I tell you) and suggested we have a tea party instead, which they absolutely loved! They could also choose whether they wanted a Butterfly or Heart cake and luckily Mignon chose hearts and Isabel chose butterflies.
I then ended up crocheting about a gazillion hearts and butterflies with the idea of hanging them all around the gazebo, got my Mom to make each child a handbag (“manbags” for the boys) and managed to pull off the cakes. But only just. The baking was a nightmare. And the weather was threatening to not play along, but that turned out just fine in the end. Phew.
I didn’t realise exactly how stressed I was about it until I woke up the next morning in a cold sweat about all the things I felt weren’t perfect. I could literally HEAR Etienne roll his eyes when I was having my little moment.
So, here are some pics, I’ll let the captions tell the tale:
- Bags made by my Mom.
Woe is me, I can’t the pics to align properly, but you have the gist of it!
If you want to see the full set on flickr, please click here. I cannot do them justice here!