A few weeks ago Jada announced there was going to be a Ball at our place on December 1st and we were all invited. (groan). the groan is because if you know anything about this little family of ours, we are heading into a very intensive birthday season. all 6 of us within 2 months. plus Christmas. plus wedding anniversary.
the last thing i need is to put on a fancy Ball for absolutely no reason at all!
but then i saw this post by Sara at 'Walk Slowly, Live Wildly', the other day about 6 year old daughters not staying 6 forever. sigh. yes. ...and so, despite it being Chaos (sale) day, i rallied and we had a fantastic Ball - complete with banquet table and classical music.
i pulled out a dress i haven't worn in 10 years and Jada kept whispering to me "you really do look like a princess Mummy"...i knew she would love it :)
it was SO SO incredibly humid and hot and i'm sure this princess had a sweaty upper lip the entire time
there was one particular guest who didn't care a fig if it was a Ball or not. he was hot and wasn't putting fancy clothes on for anything!
last night there was one happy 6 year old daughter
(and one guilt-free mother... for one night at least!)
wow, the photos of her dancing and playing a beautiful. They are photos she will keep forever.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea! Good on you for being so peachy about it all! :)
Wow, Dee, you are amazing. What a fabulous idea and great memory J will have. Cx
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing to do for your daughter, especially at such a busy time! It looks as if she had a great time... good on you!!!
ReplyDeleteWow - that is awesome, and something your little girl will remember forever!
ReplyDeleteOh what a great mummy you are! And what a lesson, that no matter how busy life is you can still have those special moments. Your daughter will probably remember that forever!
ReplyDeleteThis is so lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI love the pic of Jada and her Dad and of course you look absolutely gorgeous! well done ..bonus mummy points ;)
aww, you guys.
ReplyDeletei didn't do this for the accolades. seriously!!
unfortunately i am all-too-often the mother who automatically says "no". in fact, that's exactly what i intended to do with the whole "Ball" thing too...if it weren't for Sara's post :)
Hopefully I can encourage someone else and pay it forward~~ x
how simply wonderful - I love it! Its especially wonderful when you can do it simply and it still has maximum impact on the dreamer-uper...super sweet, and tell Jada from me - I totally thought it was a roayl princess dancing in the photos xx
ReplyDeletegorgeous!! what a great idea. It is really hard to say 'yes' amid all the craziness but it looks like it was a brilliant ball. I will try to say yes more to my kids because it looks like the rewards were worth it
ReplyDeleteIsn't it always the way. The times when you feel LEAST like making the effort always end up being the ones where the BEST memories are created. A great reminder for us all about why we should sometimes just say YES in spite of what else is going on!
ReplyDeleteOh what an amazing, wonderful Mumma you are!
ReplyDeleteawww!! What a cool family you have! That's one for the memory box!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like such a lovely, memorable day!
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