Tea with the Queen: Annie turns 5!

Annie requested a queen party for her fifth birthday. I had fun figuring that one out. :) We settled on "Tea with the Queen." Family and a few of her friends gathered at our house to celebrate. The kids decorated crowns and made fruit loop necklaces. We dined on madeleines, bacon cheese tarts, carrot sticks and hummus, grapes, goldfish, deli pinwheels, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, with pink lemonade and sweet tea served in teapots. I let the little girls use real teacups and no one broke any. I made a crown shaped cake and served it with vanilla ice cream. Yum yum yum!

invitation


dining room table


madeleines


birthday cake for the queen


Honey-made banner


necklace making


and fruit loop eating


tea party


Sophie loved drinking from a real tea cup


love all these sweet little girls


blow out those candles!


she loved her cake


and presents, of course


special card from Mama Rita and Papa Gene


Nora hamming it up with Mama Rita


Jacob and Aunt Anna


Nana made this doll for me when I was a little girl. Passing it on to the next generation!


family photo


Nora Mae and Mama


birthday girl


Nana and the great-grands!


Aunt Anna and Uncle Andrew


Mama Rita and Papa Gene


Honey, Poppa, Bebe, and Papa Rick