Saturday, February 7, I woke up right on time (a miracle these days). I had tons to do, but it was all planned out and it was going to be the most perfect most darling tea party anyone had ever seen.
That is, until, I heard the cough. Next came the sneezing. It was The Prince from his bassinet. I went over to check on him. Burning up. Poor baby. Great, the party. The hubby was already gone. He went fishing with a buddy, totally approved by me and The Princess. The tea party was no place for a boy. Except The Prince, of course. "There would be plenty of mommy's to pass The Prince around", we had said. Until now. It was still going to be ok. We would give The Prince some Tylenol and hope he would sleep through it.
I kept getting ready, then went to wake up The Princess, still right on time. As soon as she woke up I could see it in her eyes, hear it in her voice. She had the same thing. And she was burning up too. Another slight kink in the plan. It was too late to cancel the party.
So, we forged on. I dropped the kiddos off with my sister. Went to the drugstore and begged for some safe medicine for my little guest of honor. An hour after I had awaken her, The Princess had all the tools to feel as good as possible on her big day. ("Her real birthday" according to her.) And I was back on the road on my way to pick up the balloons, the cake, and decorate for the party. An hour behind.
I now believe the reason me and several of my close friends all had babies within 3 months of each other was so they would be at The Princess' 5th birthday tea party to help (do everything for me) with it. They are such a blessing.
We played 2 games. The first was racing to make each girl fancy. They divided up into two teams, picked the first girl to make fancy, and went to town putting tons of necklaces, rings, a fan, and the finishing touch...a huge blinking diamond ring. Then the next girl's turn, and the next, and so on... They had so much fun.
The second game was a total bust. I had this Fancy Nancy book. I gave them a fancy word and they were supposed to tell me what it meant. It would have worked better if I would have been able to get all the girls to sit down at once. Hyper, anyone?
After that was hors'dourves, cake, and, of course, tea (white grape juice). We used real glassware and held our pinkies up when we drank our tea. The girls were adorable.
Last came the presents. The Princess and I had every girl (15 in all) within 12 inches of us all trying to see what The Princess was opening next. Thankfully, one of my dear sweet friends corralled them all and made them sit in front of us like little ladies. Claustrophobic much!
It was a fantastic birthday. The Princess ignored how bad she felt for the party, then totally crashed as soon as we got home. The Prince was held by either my sister, mom, or cousin the entire time and was ok. Sunday, the hubby and I got it. It was a grand time with much tissue used. Everyone is all better now, except The Prince is hanging on to a cough.
In all the craziness, I didn't take very many pictures. Again come the friends! The Princess' birthday pictures are scattered around on a few different cameras. As soon as I get them all I will most definitely share! You won't want to miss them!
It was the most perfect most darling tea party anyone had ever seen.
Her first "ipod". We can't find it anywhere. She uses my real one now.
Still camera shy (but not as bad) and, yes, still Hello Kitty. 
