Saturday, Coree and I had the pleasure of attending an event straight out of a story book. Some wonderful and generous friends of ours invited us to a Doll Fair. Eight American Girl dolls, five girls, four moms and one fabulous grandma all gathered in one beautiful backyard for a day full of refinement, homemaking skills, creativity and doll-sized fun!
Aside from the poetry recitations, etiquette tips, cooking and canning lessons, there were several shops full of fine goods. The currency, you might ask? Buttons. That's right, buttons. Each girl was sent a small organza bag in her invitation to fill with buttons for spending.
We were instructed to start at the Post Office, where we found a package addressed to each of us.
(Postage due: 5 buttons)
Inside each of our packages we found:
Matching mother/daughter aprons!
We made our own cinnamon rolls and canned our own plums to take home with us.
We ate an elegant lunch using our best table manners.
The girls shopped till they dropped. There were exactly FIVE party dresses for FIVE American Girl dolls belonging to each of the girls. If you can believe it, each girl had her eye on a different dress...there were NO arguments! Same went for the hats at the millinery, the baskets at the general store...NO drama! I think that was the most exquisite part...
There were even matching DOLL aprons to go with each mom and daughter's!
We rounded out the afternoon by reciting the poems we had prepared. Some girls even wrote their own! Coree chose "I Eat My Peas With Honey" and I chose "The Girl in the Glass". They are both special to us because they come from my great grandma and her great grandma. (They both would have LOVED this day!)
There was even an art lesson:
Believe it or not, I actually kept it together the whole time! Although I was so overwhelmed with gratitude, at times it was not easy. This was the most magical day. You might wonder why someone would go to so much time, effort, expense, etc. to put on a show like this. I can tell you why, because I know the hostess, and she is one of the kindest women I know, and one of the most generous with her talents. She did this because she has a desire for all young girls to use their creative gifts, and to grow up with a desire to mother and nurture.
I think I probably learned more than Coree did. I am so grateful to have been given this reminder of how wonderful it is to be a mother, and that each of us is given creative gifts...not the same gifts...but each of us is given special talents that will feed our souls if we express them and share them with others.
"Pleased to meet you."
Just a sampling of the almost 200 pictures I took:
Aside from the poetry recitations, etiquette tips, cooking and canning lessons, there were several shops full of fine goods. The currency, you might ask? Buttons. That's right, buttons. Each girl was sent a small organza bag in her invitation to fill with buttons for spending.
We were instructed to start at the Post Office, where we found a package addressed to each of us.
(Postage due: 5 buttons)
Inside each of our packages we found:
Matching mother/daughter aprons!
We made our own cinnamon rolls and canned our own plums to take home with us.
We ate an elegant lunch using our best table manners.
The girls shopped till they dropped. There were exactly FIVE party dresses for FIVE American Girl dolls belonging to each of the girls. If you can believe it, each girl had her eye on a different dress...there were NO arguments! Same went for the hats at the millinery, the baskets at the general store...NO drama! I think that was the most exquisite part...
There were even matching DOLL aprons to go with each mom and daughter's!
We rounded out the afternoon by reciting the poems we had prepared. Some girls even wrote their own! Coree chose "I Eat My Peas With Honey" and I chose "The Girl in the Glass". They are both special to us because they come from my great grandma and her great grandma. (They both would have LOVED this day!)
There was even an art lesson:
Believe it or not, I actually kept it together the whole time! Although I was so overwhelmed with gratitude, at times it was not easy. This was the most magical day. You might wonder why someone would go to so much time, effort, expense, etc. to put on a show like this. I can tell you why, because I know the hostess, and she is one of the kindest women I know, and one of the most generous with her talents. She did this because she has a desire for all young girls to use their creative gifts, and to grow up with a desire to mother and nurture.
I think I probably learned more than Coree did. I am so grateful to have been given this reminder of how wonderful it is to be a mother, and that each of us is given creative gifts...not the same gifts...but each of us is given special talents that will feed our souls if we express them and share them with others.
"Pleased to meet you."
Just a sampling of the almost 200 pictures I took:
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