Teddy Bear Tea

Eight years ago, my Mom and I took Will to the Teddy Bear Tea Party at a lovely local hotel.  He was one of two little boys there but he still had a good time. I LOVED being there with Will but I also looked around at all the little girls in their fancy dresses and dreamed of bringing my daughter there someday (and I apparently blogged about it here).  I had no inclination that God would lead us to adoption or to Kate. 

Saturday, Kate and I went to that same hotel for the Teddy Bear Tea with another Mom friend and her daughter.  I have to confess that I had tears in my eyes as we pulled up remembering that day 8 years ago.

See how long Kate's hair is here????  Well, not anymore!!!!  I will post about that tomorrow:)

The girls brought new Teddy Bears to donate to the Women's shelter.

The Ice Princess greeted the girls and gave them tiaras and wands.

The girls had "tea"

Then they watched a puppet show....

had their faces painted....

This is the first time Kate ever wanted her face painted.

They colored t-shirts, decorated cookies.....

and watched a magic show (she laughed so hard during the show).

Kate sat next to one of the two boys there this year and told me she liked "bothering" him.  And she did bother him too.  She poked at his ears and talked to him.  It was funny!  I think she might really have been flirting with him!

Kate loved every single minute of it.  I think she enjoyed riding this horse the best though.

We just might make this an annual tradition for the next few years.

And I must admit... I loved every single second of it too.  However, Kate did have a sugar meltdown later which was not pretty!

Here are a few photos of when I took Will all those years ago....They are scanned but it is so fun for me to look back at them.

Like my "Rachel" haircut?

This Teddy bear was there this year too but Kate was TERRIFIED of him!!!

The only other little boy there when Will went;)

I do feel bad that I never took Harry but the years that he would have been the prime age for this (4-7) we were living in Virginia.


And since so many people asked about the last post~

Thank you for all of the kind compliments on my dress and Kate's dress. I love that dress.  It is even prettier in person.  I have no torso (well it is very smushed together) and usually have a tough time finding dresses but that one fit me perfectly. I got it at Nordstrom.  It is Laundry by Shelli Segal and I have seen it on-line.

The shoes are Cole Haan and I got them at DSW.  I must say that I might be wearing heels more often.  I just have always worn little kitten heels or flats because I never thought I could wear heels.  I did not think I could walk in them and I thought they would be really uncomfortable but they were not.

Kate's dress is made by Moo Boo's and it is even more gorgeous in person too. I LOVE that dress!!!  I wish it came in my size. I got it at a teeny little boutique here for about 1/2 the price it sells for at a local small department store called Tootsie's. I cannot find it on-line anywhere, sorry.