Flower girls (and boys) make my world go round

Enough crankiness from this curmudgeon. Let’s talk about how cute kids are. One wedding tradition I will never question is that of the flower girl, because I am a total sucker for all children in all their cuteness. (Obviously I am happy to question the forcing of kids into performing weird gender stuff, but when I say “flower girl” I just mean cute kids I love walking down the aisle.) When we started planning this shindig, we immediately knew that the mister’s cousin’s kids would be our flower children. The eldest girl loves to play at being a princess, so we thought she’d get a kick out of it, and we just adore these kids.  She is 5 and her little bro is about 3, and even though we don’t even have a bridal party, you better bet these kids will be marching their fabulous selves down the aisle. They also have a baby brother and there has even been some talk of them carting him down the aisle. Cheese? Perhaps. But cute. And cute is what matters here.

We decided that having them scatter flowers wouldn’t really work, though, as our ceremony and reception will be happening in the same room, so it would be awkward for them to mess up a floor that would then need to be cleaned up quickly before dinner. Instead, we proposed that they serve as processing bubble blowers. Mom and kids both loved the idea. All is well. Mom asked me what they should wear, and I responded that they should wear whatever their cute selves wanted to. She promised to scout around for outfits and sent me pics of them. Last night I got this email from her:

SO – I had a cute little dress for the girl, but was kind of hesitant, as it may not be fancy enough – but it was fancy enough to excite C., so was just going to stick with it, until I realized that this may be the one and only time I ever get to see my baby girl walk down the aisle, any aisle, ever. So you will have to wait on those pics, as I am following up a few leads…Too much fun when I look at it that way. Sorry.

N. [the boy] has a white top, navy pants and ridiculous red clip on tie, and black dress shoes. Looks very dapper. He is so excited. They are telling everybody about their bubble blowing duties.

So here is what I have learned this week. Meg shared with us that the true purpose of favours is to give you something to do to avoid contemplating the deeper issues that getting married brings up. And I have learned that the true purpose of flower children is to overload you with the prospect of enough cuteness that even the most cynical bride is excited about her wedding again. They are going to be so freaking awesome and cute, and it melts my heart that they are so excited about it.

This just in–while I was writing this entry, she sent me PHOTOS. Oh. My. Gawd. I love these kids. I feel weird about posting them but let’s just say that there is a floofy dress with red flowers on it and a very dapper little boy indeed, and they just look so psyched and sweet. Now I’m thinking girl needs an awesome hairflower and boy needs a cute boutonniere and we have to get some good ideas for how to make their bubble blowing paraphanelia awesome and special. Oh, I love this.