Fifth Grade Mother Daughter Tea + Father-Daughter Dance

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k is in fifth grade now.  I cannot believe it is her last year of elementary school.  She is also five feet tall now.  How did this happen?

A couple of weeks ago her school hosted a Mother-Daughter tea to talk about those “changes” that are happening, or will be happening in the near future.  I was on the committee to help plan the tea.  Honestly, I did not too much since our head chairperson really took the lead (which was much appreciated!)  I think the event turned out really nice.  The theme was cherry blossoms.  Here is part of the invitation:

We had the parents submit a baby photo of their daughter and then they took a picture of the girls at school.  Then they displayed the photos back to back in an Ikea frame as part of the favors.

We also had the moms write a letter to their daughter that was included in their goody bags. We showed an introductory video put out by P&G, and a mom who was a nurse did an excellent presentation that was light-hearted but still informative.  There was also some Q & A time.

A lot of the girls actually do not like pink anymore, but I thought the pink-cherry blossom combo was cute.

We kept the food simple.  Tea sandwiches, salad, and chicken nuggets, made by one of the parents who is a caterer.  Cupcakes for dessert.  We had iced tea and lemonade in plastic tea cups.

The nurse recommended this American Girl book, The Care and Keeping of You.  I went over this book with k about a year and a half ago, and I think it is really good too.  I am glad that we were able to talk about it before going to the tea.  I think everything might have been a bit too shocking if we had not talked about it beforehand.  We have not gone through The Care Keeping of You 2 yet, though!

American Girl also has a similar book for boys, Guy Stuff.  I think I will let D handle that one with n!

The very next night our school also had its first ever Father-Daughter dance.

I was not part of the planning committee for that one, but I am grateful that it happened for k’s last year at the school.  Seriously, where is life’s “pause” button?