Summer can be long and boring if you're 11 and your mom won't spend thousands of dollars every week taking you all over the metro area for various activities. Our 11 year old decided to deal with this situation by hosting a tea party for her cousins. She was given a very small food budget and access to the decorating stock. Armed with her guidelines and provisions she went to town on her party prep. Proud of her efforts! Oddly enough the actual tea was cut from the budget! :)
Reagan did most of the decor but I will admit to helping hang the tea cups!
Every tea party should feature PBJ and Cheetos.
The original plan was to have an American Girl tea party....
Sadly, the American Girls didn't make it very far past the door.
And of course since this is Texas we had to follow up the fancy eating with Sundaes and Swimming.
Proof that sisters really do love their brothers... the boys were allowed to join in on the Ice Cream.
Dude. This little guy makes any and all party decorating totally worth it. So much fun to host his 3rd Birthday party featuring the favorite Aledo Bearcats. This theme is easy to pull off as the entire family has an extensive collection of Bearcat items. Sister in law and I threw them on the table and called the three year old peeps over to consume major amounts of sugar and swim. The party ended up with a boatload of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gear (maybe this should have been the theme?) and a dance party to Vanilla Ice's "Ninja Rap" and Styx' "Sail Away". Don't be jealous that you missed this one! As always photos are courtesy of Money Penny Photography (she also did quite a bit of the party deco herself).
