All Dressed Up With Somewhere to Go

A couple of weeks ago, Gramma and Grampa sent a package of fun things and goodies for W, C, and H. One of the things for Heather was this pretty dress with a matching doll dress.  When our local library held an American Girl Doll Tea Party, we knew just what to wear.  (American Girl dolls were not required, just a theme, so we brought this curly haired doll that cousins Katie and Lizzy had outgrown and gave to Heather)

 The first activity of the tea party was making beaded necklaces.

 Then the girls made yarn dolls.

Next it was time to sit down to tea.  Raspberry tea was served, or if you preferred, you could have fruit punch.  Heather tried the tea, rejected it and drank the punch.

 There were tiny little sandwiches (cucumber and pb&j), cookies, and little brownies.

 After the tea, there was a game called "pass the ring" or "hide the ring" or "who has the ring" or something to that effect.  The girls sat in a circle with their hands behind their back, passing a ring around the circle while a girl sitting in the middle tried to guess where the ring had stopped.  Heather was cranky that she didn't have a chance to sit in the center, but there were just too many girls there for everyone to have a turn.  That's Jessica the Childrens Librarian who organized the party.  After the game every girl got a ring to take home, along with their yarn doll and bead necklace.

Today we took the kids to an indoor pool.  Thomas and Estelle came with us and Estelle had her first visit to McDonalds. I don't know who was more excited, her or Cole. On the way to Mcdonalds Cole was telling her all about the Happy Meals that come with a little toy, and how you get to get your own drink, and ketchup and that there's an indoor playground. It was a funny conversation.  Sorry, no pictures on my end, but I think Thomas took a few so at some point Julie will post them to her blog.