April 29, 2011
ROYAL WEDDING DAY
My oh my, us girls have been waiting
{for months} for this day with great anticipation...
from little tea cups....
Kyleigh couldn't quite come to an awake state
All week the excitement grew as we watched
many of the royal shows that TLC was airing
for their royal wedding week programing.
Hannah and I were so enthralled watching footage
and commentary of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding
from thirty years ago.
I have a vague memory watching that as an eight yr old.
Thursday night the four older girls and I had a sleepover,
camped out in the front room.
Amongst our better judgement with school the next morning
{and CRT tests even!}, we set the alarm for 2:00 A.M.
when the NBC coverage started here.
I suppose we could have just taped it and watched it at a
normal hour but watching it LIVE was so much more fun.
Had to fly the freak flag ya know.
Wouldn't have missed this for noth'in.
And what a lasting memory for my girls as we
watched history in the making.
To celebrate we had donuts and chocolate milk from little tea cups....
Kyleigh couldn't quite come to an awake state
for much of the 4 + hour spectacle.
Brie woke up to have a donut and then was out for the count.
Emma, Hannah and I were troopers watching
the majority of it with a few doze offs here and there.
I crawled in bed about 6:30.
Totally worth the lack of sleep.
I thoroughly enjoyed THE pageantry, pomp
Totally worth the lack of sleep.
I thoroughly enjoyed THE pageantry, pomp
and circumstance of it all....
the unveiling of THAT wedding dress...
the unveiling of THAT wedding dress...
so regal and classic and the plethora of English hats.
Loved it all!
Loved it all!
For those in the family that couldn't watch it live
we threw a Royal Wedding viewing Party
later that afternoon...
These were the invites I made thanks to a free download
from Women's Day...
An event steeped in tradition with a tea bag! Get it?
Ya know how the current Royal family
is the House of Windsor?
Well the best part of those invites is the address
where the party was held.
My sister actually lives on Windsor Manor Court.
Too good I tell ya!
We had quite a British inspired spread
I was so tickled when I found these paper plates...
how stink'in cute are they?
My friend made the best tea cucumber sandwiches and English scones.
Delightful.
Kate was real pleased with the festivities...
We were all about TEAM KATE this week...
heres our little Kate at the London Market on Thursday.
I found a recipe on line to make a chocolate biscuit cake,
it was inspired by the cake Prince William chose
as the groom's cake for the wedding reception.
It is a dense, ultra rich dessert with Lyle's English Golden Syrup,
crushed tea biscuits with a chocolate ganache.
I used McVitie's English Digestive Biscuits.
They sound horrible, but seriously they are so dang good.
My girls love them too. They are definitely our favorite treat
at the London Market.
And Hannah swears they are her favorite cookie.
Anyhow, I think we would have rather of had just the cookies alone.
If you are not a fan of bitter sweet chocolate or rich desserts,
this is not for you.
Fun to try though.
I monogrammed it with Kate {Catherine's} and William's initials.
THE RING!
I snatched the last fake one from Micheal's.
They were going like hot cakes.
My sister makes the best party drink...
we tied sparkly rings to the goblets.
There was a "princess" tiara for everyone.
A friend of my sisters brought some English clotted cream.
I tried it for the first time.
Oh my goodness..heavenly.
Is there anything more British than
strawberries and cream?...
Good old English trifle.
petite chicken wraps and quiches
These are English Ginger, Lemon Tea Cookies
that I found at Costco...
those ones covered in chocolate are the Digestive Biscuits
I was talking about earlier..
I raided my mom's china cabinet and my friends house
for most of the dish ware.
I found these little Bath and Body Works hand sanitizers
inspired by the Royal Wedding.. with sayings such as...
"Princess in Training", "If the Tiara fits"...and "Royal Pucker".
How cute!
I asked some Kate and William questions and
whomever answered first received one.
I have one left.
If you want one and can be the first to tell me
Prince William's full first name and last, I'll send it to you.
Awe...didn't she look stunning?
Here are the girls in their Union Jack colors...
Poor Kyleigh couldn't come as she had dance. darn it.
heres our little Kate at the London Market on Thursday.
The Royal Wedding was brilliant!
Looks so fun. Our (last minute) viewing party included pomp, circumstance. And takeout.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Arthur Philip Louis of Wales!
Booyah!
Now google tells me I need a Mountbatten-Windsor in there.
ReplyDeleteI have the east coast/new google reader advantage.