Claire has been obsessed with princesses for almost 2 years now. It's not something I completely understand (I never had that phase) and it's not something we really encouraged either - it just sort of happened. The term "princess" has so many negative connotations in my head. I never wanted my daughter to have that "princess" mentality/attitude. There's not much cute about it as far as I'm concerned.
However, I've really come to terms with her love for all things princess-like. It even has given me some great opportunities to teach her about God being our King and how we are his children. In January our church held our annual Cabin Fever Luncheon, where ladies put together a themed, decorated table. Claire and I attacked this together, of course with a princess theme!
The centerpiece was my glass cake stand with her pink tutu around the base. We made some purple and pink cupcakes (and didn't take a picture) to go around the stand and then just a simple vase with wands in it. I even found ribbon with pink crowns on it!
I was originally going to put one of Claire's many dresses over each chair as the chair cover, but most did not fit. So, instead, I tied purple tulle around the chair backs for a little "extra". I stuck with paper products this year for simplicity, but also because I knew there'd be some young ones at the table. Princess Sofia is not my favorite, but we were having a hard time finding things without a specific character on them. And she matched. So we got crowns and stickers for each place setting, too.
The little girls all dressed up in their princess dresses and were very well-behaved. We had a great time and I was so thankful for the opportunity to do something together with Claire. I could tell she felt special, which was exactly what I wanted. It was one of those moments when it just really struck me how big she is.
Sniff.
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