Abigail and Sadie turned four today! My precious little babies are now little girls. We had a tough time trying to decide what kind of birthday party to have. With the weather being very difficult to count on, we decided to scrap the waterpark birthday (very thankful that we did seeing how it poured all day!) and have a tea party instead. I told the girls that they could invite some of their friends and dress up in pretty dresses. They loved the idea and we got to work! The first thing we did was pick out crafts: butterfly clips and shell necklaces...
After crafts came games...
I learned from Caleb's party that having only one gift to win as a prize at the end is not much fun or very 'fair' to the kids and so with each unwrapping, the kids got a candy necklace. Everyone had lots of fun unwrapping the paper and finding their treat....and everyone got something!
Then it was teatime and cake time.
We served little triangle peanut butter and jam sandwiches as well as cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches which were a hit. Then there were watermelon kabobs and, of course, tea - iced tea or water was their 'tea' choices for the day. Everyone had a great time drinking tea from their dainty cups provided my Mike's grandma Anne. They were the perfect sized cup for the little ones.
Sadie's tea pot.
And so I sit here, totally exhausted but definitely gratified. The girls are happy, their friends are happy and so am I. We celebrate their life and all that represents today. Michael is four years free of cancer, we continue to walk in the amazement of God's faithfulness in our lives - whether that be through housing, children, jobs, or an assortment or other circumstances. He has brought us Joy through Sadie Joy and brought us life and the promises that He has plans to prosper us and not hurt us through Abigail Promise. Happy Birthday to my beautiful girls, my princesses.
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