This past Saturday, the women's ministry of FBCJ teamed up with children's ministry to host a Princess Tea Party. We seated 70 little princesses and 7 queen mother's for tea. These adorable little girls were greeted at the door by a grandmother in her tux, escorted into the room and greeted by the first princess; walked through a garden arch covered in toole bows and butterflies and jewels; then followed the grassy path covered in pink rose petals to another princess seated in front of a castle to have their pictures made wearing a beautiful tiara.
One by one the little girls entered and with each little princess the excitement in the room grew. There was time for a brief story or two that included some of my favorite books from the Fancy Nancy collection.
As the program began the little princesses were welcomed and then Lydia (my oldest daughter and Miss Carpet Capital 2008) was introduced to start the program. The girls were so excited to meet a "real" princess/queen. Lydia read a story to the girls entitled, "The Greatest Beauty Pageant of All." This was a story of Queen Esther in the Bible. Following the story Lydia shared the "10 Things Every Real Princess Needs". It was a great list of biblical principles for little girls to begin studying and understanding. The remainder of the program was a lesson in the proper rules of etiquette for tea.
Tea was delightful, served by the mama's in the room who were there to observe and participate. It was amazing to see how very hard the little ones were trying to obey all of the rules of tea and use their proper manners.
All in all it was a wonderful experience and a morning that will be remembered for a long time. To all of my little princesses: remember you are a "real princess" when you are a daughter of the King!
