Spontaneous Tea Parties

March 18, 2015

Sometimes we can get so busy with our to do lists that we push aside time for friendship and making special memories with our kiddos. You are making memories with your kids all day long… sock pairing party…popsicles outside on the porch. Every little random moment in the day can be made special. But I wanted to set aside some time to do something EXTRA special with Sienna. And I also wanted to reach out to a friend to get together. I kept putting it off because life was so busy..but you know what…life isn’t slowing down anytime soon. So sometimes you just have to randomly text your friend the night before and invite them over for a tea party! I invited my sister and my niece too! Everyone was up for an after nap tea time ;)
After Church on Sunday, Sienna Micah and I ran over to target to grab a few tea party essentials! I loved seeing sienna be so excited about setting up her table and picking all the pink treats. We hit the end caps of the aisles for the clearance items! Polka dot balloons for the win! 
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Sienna was so excited to set up her table. When we were at target, after getting the treats, She said, “ok… now we need to talk decorations.” (with hands clasped together) haha.. hmm she is definitely my daughter. I kind of was loving it. But also helped her see we didn’t need much.. just some pretty plates and napkins and some polka dot balloons! We grabbed up the $1 hello kitty bracelets for each of the girls. I loved seeing her set her table and be so giddy for her friends and cousin to arrive. Violette brought her flowers…they were so adorable together.
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We used the green toys tea set that we already had… ben and I gave it to the girls’ for christmas this year! love love the set. We use water for our tea parties. because there is a lot of spillage going on. :) I was told multiple times by sienna with her loud whisper, “this is the best tea party everrrrr!!”
Made my mama heart happy. (the container holding the marshmallows is plastic and from target. love it for the littles because they feel so fancy using it but it’s also safe and not fragile! highly recommend it if you are going to host kid get togethers!) teapartyfun3-thebusybudgetingmama

Micah was ALL ABOUT the tea party too. he was a little upset we were short a seat. But we let him get in on the tea cup holding and drinking. and sienna the hostess helped him to some marshmallows and cookies. Doggie came to the tea party for a bit.
and kept licking all the giggly guests. ;)

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After our smashing tea party, we all walked to the park for play time. My mom came to the tea party too.. it was fun having some time to talk with adults…and let the littles play. Sometimes we need that more than a clean house or empty laundry baskets.
I think these spontaneous tea parties are going to be a regular thing for us.
Sophia was out of town for this one (in philly with ben visiting grandma b!)
I told her we will have one before we move to the new house.
Which is in a couple weeks….. I should be packing.
Have a wonderful day! and remember to soak up
your sweeties and give yourself grace. You are doing a great job!


  • JP
    March 18, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    Do you remember which aisle that Plastic Container holding the marshmallows was in? Or what the name or brand of it was? Price?
    Were there other shapes?

    Thank you!

    • natalie
      March 25, 2015 at 8:40 pm

      It’s spritz brand! so party and decoration area!

  • Suzanne W.
    March 19, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    Hi! Can you link to the Target, plastic apothecary jar with lid? We so need something like that in our house with our two little boys!!!!!

    Love your blog. Love your little fam. You’re inspiring.

    • natalie
      March 25, 2015 at 8:39 pm

      It’s spritz brand from target! I’m not sure if they are getting rid of spritz in their stores or not so go fast to grab one! I got the last one at my store!

  • Belinda
    March 20, 2015 at 5:55 am

    Adorable! Looks like they had an amazing time. Sienna looks so, so happy and excited!
    I agree – it’s so important to set aside that never-ending To Do list for a while, and to do some special activities, which you know they will be so excited about, with our children.

  • Jennie @ The Diary of a Real Housewife
    March 23, 2015 at 9:05 am

    This is so sweet! Life really does get busy and I always think the same thing, will it ever really slow down? Nope! So we might as well enjoy those little moments now! The tea party is adorable. I enjoy seeing all your fun girly things you do for your girls since I am a boy mom I don’t get tea party or princess play!

  • Julie@FrugallyBlonde
    March 24, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    How cute! When my son was little we loved to have tea parties with Twinkies and gatorade. I know its not the healthiest, but he loved doing it and it was so easy to do. Such a great time to just sit and listen to all they have to say.