This Tea Party was a scheme I cooked up for a few reasons:
- a get-together for their little friends and mine
- to teach the girlies hospitality (not entertaining) and planning for hospitality
- a budget-friendly party that doesn't burden us over the holidays
The first year was a smashing success. The Blossoms were delighted, their friends were delighted, my friends were delighted and for a whole $30, our wallet was delighted.
Last year, thinking only of the budget, I (yes ME) planned the menu. And I made a mistake. I didn't think about what THEY could do. Because it is supposed to teach THEM to practice hospitality. Don't get me wrong, they put in a lot of work to do favors and such. However, the food required my minute handiwork and lots of last minute touches to boot.
You learn. You realize that sometimes you gotta remind yourself of the point. You gotta say, "Oh yeah. It's about teaching the BLOSSOMS hospitality. It's about THEM doing the food. It's about them being involved."
So, tomorrow, we'll see if Mommy learned a little from the previous year. I figured though, if it's so easy to just forget... over a party and other things, what else am I forgetting the point over?"
I gotta remember the point. Parenting is about that. Remembering the point. Keeping the passions and convictions that God has put in my heart, right at the center of it all.
(All photo credit to Naomi Elle Photography)
