Two Peas in a Pod. . . or Two Twillerbees in a Tulip

This post is late in coming, but after I exposed what I was not excelling at in my last post, I thought I would share one success from last November.



Signe has definite ideas about what it means to be friends.  In preschool she learned "To be a good friend you have to tell your friend they did a good job even if they didn't."  And she will play with her friend anytime because "She's my friend, of course."  And she always remembers what her friend likes and wants so that on her birthday or Christmas she can get exactly what her friend will like.

With Grace, the sentiment is mutual.  Those two girls are connected.

So when Grace had to cancel her birthday party last October because she was sick, Signe decided it would be fun if they shared a party in November.

The Theme:  A Twillerbee Garden Party (inspired by the Barbie Thumbelina movie)

The requests:  Grass on the walls to make them feel small, tutus and fairy wings.

I thought I could accommodate.  And I roped Grace's mother into helping me.

You might be familiar with the movie, but if not, the Twillerbees are little garden people who make things grow.  They live a lush garden parkland and baby Twillerbees are born inside the tulips when they open each spring.  They use flower petals for wings.  So we made invitations with flowers that opened, and a poem that set the tone:

The Twillerbee Party

The garden is spilling its springtime delight

of colorful blossoms in golden sunlight

The cadence of fairy songs waft on the breeze

in beat with the feet of dancing twillerbees

Tutus and fairy wings and sweet pink confection

Come join the merriment of girly girl perfection

Then we set to work making paper flowers and tutus and flower hair bows and matching leggings. . . We figured if we were going to do it, we'd do it BIG.  You only turn six once and it really is the perfect age for this kind of party.

Activities:  fairy color pages, find the hidden fairy, musical flowers, and story time (where one girls starts the story and each girl adds to it around the circle).

We also served lunch to our famished fairies.  Presentation makes everything edible, from flower shaped carrot slices to flower shaped ham and cheese sandwiches.  To wash is down we had pink fairy drink (sprite and raspberry sherbet) and added a magical touch with a fairy wand made of a pretzel stick dipped in pink candy melts and sprinkled with stars--followed by flower cupcakes.

My family room was a magical garden with flitty flirty twillerbees who danced around with sweeping grace and filled the air with tinkling girly giggles.

And Signe and Grace brought just the gift they knew the other would want.

It was a magical day.

Tea Party

Hannah and I were invited to a tea party on Saturday.  I have never been to an adult tea party, but it was really cute and the ceremony of the tea was really fun. . . even though I don't drink tea!  I asked when my friend invited me if it was rude to go to a tea party and not drink tea--luckily they had water. . . and really fabulous little tarts and scones and flower shaped sandwiches and cake and. . . clearly I ate enough to make up for the lack of tea.  I wish I had taken pictures of all the food, but perhaps that would have been rude.

Hannah and her friend Emily were the only two young girls there.  Their favorite part was picking out hats and jewelry.  The lady hosting the tea had a table filled with her grandmother's hats, broaches and earrings, and everyone had to pick out a hat to wear.  

Her dainty china and lovely teapots were so cute.  The only thing that would have made it more quaint and fun was to have had it in an English garden!