A Perfect Princess Party

My baby girl will be turning SIX this week!  WOW!  Is that right?   Six???  Ouch!  I'm getting old.  Anyways, Hadyn celebrated her birthday this past Sunday with a sweet little princess party!  It was PERFECT!  The cold, nasty February weather disappeared for this amazing little girl once again (for the sixth year in a row), and we enjoyed an outdoor Princess Tea Party with 80 degree sunny weather!  She deserves it!  She's such a sweetheart!  This party was the first one we've ever had that was just for school friends.  It was a big decision since we're so fortunate to have many cousins and close friends living nearby, but she has always wanted a princess party, and we just felt it might be the last chance.  Here is the invite she handed out.

This was the RSVP card where they indicated which princess they wanted to be.  I was impressed that everyone actually completed the card and mailed them back to us.  We've never had good luck with RSVP's, but we provided the envelope and stamp, so I guess that did the trick!

I even found the perforation cutting wheel for my paper cutter so that they could tear the bottom half off easily.  (No, I don't have too much time on my hands, I'm just OCD.)  I was pretty proud of these invites!

When the girls arrived, they got changed into their dresses and shoes and then gathered outside for makeup, manicures, and a princess updo!

I was in charge of the princess updo's, and they all turned out super cute, if I must say so myself.  ;)

They decorated cute little jewelry boxes and colored princess pictures at the craft table.

Hey, who can resist a Little Tykes playset!?!

After the princess transformations, Cinderella performed the Coronation.  Hadyn was crowned by Cinderella first and then Hadyn crowned all of the princesses to form her Royal Court.

They learned a Princess Dance and how to wave and curtsey.

Cinderella even had her glass slippers on!

Then the princesses were taken to the Royal Tea Party!  It was absolutely magical!

They had muffins, cinnamon sticks, mini sandwiches, hot tea (aka cold apple juice), cupcakes and personalized cookies from Lisa's Cakery!  Yummm.

It got unusually quiet, like pindrop quiet, while they were chowing down on those cupcakes!

Then Princess Hadyn was showered with gifts from her Royal Court!

What a perfect party!  It was just wonderful!  We were amazed at how well-behaved all the girls were.  And they really seemed to enjoy every second of the party!  It was awesome!  Thanks to Aunt Kristi, Momo and Mema for helping out during the party and to Cinderella, who stole the show!

Happy Birthday, My Sweet Hadyn!