Once again, I’m homeschooling the kidlets straight through summer— including a special unit study on US history & geography. Incidentally, as the first states joined the union seeking freedom from the English monarchy, Marie Antoinette was still on the throne in France. Which brings me to Center Sister’s latest obsession…
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Center Sister’s middle name is Marie, so her newfound fascination with namesake Marie Antoinette, and the iconic feminine opulence she still embodies, somehow seems befitting. Her ninth birthday tea-party had a happier epilogue than it’s ill-fated muse– we celebrated with joyous revelry, sans guillotine finale.
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She invited a few fancy pals over for an afternoon tea and traditional 18th century games in the garden… It’s not Versailles, but it was still fit for a queen.
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Traditional 18th century garden games, badminton and croquet.
Though it might seem the contrary, it was really quite simple a party. We pulled furniture onto the lawn, shopped the house for décor, prepped the semi-homemade faire together over the weekend, welcomed guests and then just turned the kids loose. They had a lovely time.
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