la mode et du plaisir (fashion & fun)

Clara had a little birthday party with some of her friends. The theme was basically la mode et du plaisir...mostly fun. They started out making bead bracelets & moved onto a bubble gum blowing contest (we had some Hubba Bubba gum imported from the USA for this event), balloon popping & the French fashion show. The girls had gathered every conceivable dress-up from our house & they went to town concocting silly get-ups. Each girl took a turn "walking down the runway" (aka the bridge in our house) and sporting her fashion sense. Afterwards they had a "mini" tea party with everything teeny tiny...little sausages, petite crackers, miniature watermelon slices & fruit kabobs, small cans of Orangina & finger sized rice krispy treats. It was a feast of fun all afternoon & I think Clara felt pretty special.