There was absolutely no question as to whether we would be having flower girls at our wedding since I have the two most adorable nieces in the whole world. Even though the rest of our wedding was child-free, there was no way that my girls weren’t going to be there and be front and centre with me. At least that was the master plan. I had completely prepared myself for the possibility that one or both of the girls may get spooked and refuse to go down the aisle. If this happened I was fine - I did NOT want them to go through anything like this!
I had prepared myself for the possibility that they wouldn’t be part of the ceremony, so much so, that about 4 days before the wedding someone asked me if the girls would stand up there with us during the ceremony or sit down, and I did not have an answer because I never thought further than just getting them down the aisle! We eventually decided that since they are so young (3.5 and 1.5) they would go and sit with their parents for the rest of the ceremony if they made it down the aisle.
As an added incentive for the girls, I took a page from Miss Emerald’s & Mrs. Apple’s books and bought my girls each a pink teddy bear and tied a brown ribbon around its neck so that they would have something cute to walk down the aisle with, and then play with during the ceremony so that they would stay happy and occupied. It worked like a charm and the girls were absolutely perfect! They completely stole the show and were so beautiful in their dresses!
Some pics of the bears and the baskets we used:
The girls in action and with their bears:
Our littlest flower girl got curious as the ceremony went on and came up to the front for a little visit. She walked right up onto my train, circled like a puppy (getting the dress all fluffy, I guess) and then promptly plopped herself down! So cute!
Unfortunately her Poppa came to get her a little too soon and so Melissa only got this one quick pic of her sitting down:
Besides Miss Emerald’s & Mrs. Apple’s ideas, I have seen a couple of other cute ideas including the flower girls walking down the aisle with white satin bunnies and the bigger kids pulling the smaller ones in something like Miss Gummi Bear’s wagon. Are you planning anything special to keep your littlest party members happy during the ceremony? Will you have a place for them to sit during the ceremony or will you chance it and possibly end up with one of these scenarios:
(all pics *not* from our wedding from WPJA)
* Phil Harris (Disney)
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