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Helpful Hints When Kids are in the Wedding Party

 

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    • Have a toy under the petals of the basket for the child to open once they have completed their walk.
    • Have a person from the parish ready to whisk the kids off to a Sunday school run ready with snacks and juice to keep the kids till the ceremony is over. Don't expect the kids to sit quietly for up to an hour just to have exiting pictures. Bring them back up for pictures later. The wedding is not about the perfect pictures you will have later; it is about the vows.
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    • Or Lois adds, " An attendant or a groomsmen should be assigned the task of keeping an eye on the kids during the service. Should the child become unruly, their parent should be alerted to come and remove the child from this focal point of the ceremony.
    • Recent flower girl Mother, Lease Moon, had her daughter keep a diary about her flower girl experience as well as a calendar up in her daughter's room to mark off the days until the wedding. Her daughter let everyone know she was keeping a "diarrhea" of the wedding!
    Picture perfect? To get a child to get through the rehearsal dinner, sleep a good nights rest, alter their morning routine, put on scratchy strange clothes and hard new shoes, sit for their hairstyle, keep a "thing" on top of their head, get through per-ceremony pictures, hold a basket and not loose it, drop petals, walk slow, walk straight, and then two hours later be expect to be clean, still and quiet for more pictures? This is not possible for many adults!

    A calm easygoing bride is the best medicine for the child and also helps to relax the mother as well. Keeping your expectations low and having a go with the flow attitude is the best strategy for the bride to be. Lois Pearce, President, Beautiful Occasions in Hamden Connecticut has these additional comments, "Children need praise. Praise them for their performance and thank them for their cooperation. They will react accordingly. All they want is a little love!"

    Professional wedding hair stylist Gretchen Maurer has over 18 years of experience in wedding beauty, including having done her share of flower girls! She is the author of The Business of Bridal Beauty, which includes a section devoted to the flower girl. She is also the creator of www.weddinghair.com a web site strictly devoted to wedding hairstyles. She has two daughters of her own and can speak from personal experience!

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