a gypsy caravan

a tea with kindred spirits

Our lovely Mary turned ten a while back and had a tea party with her friends to celebrate. She had never had a friend party before so we sat down and thought of party venues such as a park, bowling alley, ice skating rink and the like. Ultimately, we chose a local tea house to which we'd never been but had heard great things about. The girls and I drink tea daily and we were excited to go to an authentic tea house. Mary invited her closest friends and her sister Anne. We were all delighted to get dressed up for the special occasion.

Mary is becoming such a beautiful young lady. She has a big, generous heart and is adored by her little sisters who love to play with her. She has a great imagination and has a knack for making things beautiful. I'm so grateful to have her joyful spirit in our home and family. 

nine

{my beautiful girl}

you are kind and funny, brave and strong.  you have a way of making everything beautiful.

:: creative, adventurous and forgiving ::

a friend anyone would be glad to have on their side  

:: loving and faithful through thick and thin ::

happy birthday to my eldest daughter and dear friend. 

God keep you always. xoxo

finally

It had been loose for months...

Finally a Big Girl

The girls and I had recently read One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey which is a lovely, slow-paced book about one girl's adventure with her first lost tooth.  Mary loved the book but, weeks later, became somewhat obsessed with her own first loose tooth. She feared she would swallow it or that it would fall out in her sleep.  She was not certain she liked the idea of the Tooth Fairy. 

Finally, the tooth came out and she is much happier.  She now shows everyone she meets the hole in her mouth and tells them that she is officially a "big girl".   Here is a photo of her new smile, if you can see past the crazy hairdo (not sure what's going on with that--let's pretend she had just woken up that day :).

 

The tooth next to the first is also loose and she is hoping it falls out soon.  She decided she liked the Tooth Fairy when she realized that she would get some money and a letter from her.  :)