Well we did our no-kind-but-mine wedding a few weeks ago!

I won't lie, it was incredibly stressful for DP and I at times but everyone loved DD and she made me so proud with her behaviour, she was playful and a delight! However, there were a few close-calls (caught her with her hands on th (as yet uncut) weeding cake more than once!) and i had to stick to her like glue. She walked with the maid of honour down the aisle but then DP took her out for most of the ceremony because she was chatting loudly about the decorations and such! She's just a bit too young to understand that she has to be peaceful. LOL. During the speeches the wedding organiser took her out to play with the table staff, who were sitting having a drink and waiting to break the room down for the ceilidh once the speeches were finished and they all played with her.

The favours were jars of old-fashioned (from a 30-year-old's childhood) sweets and she ate about a jar all by herself by the time everyone had given her some. BUt i decided i was going to go with the flow and let myself be surprised. She had a good glug of the toast champagne, masses of sweets, 2 glasses of OJ and generally had a great time. She didn't eat much of her meal, all the smoked salmon and prawns were devoured, but the steak she chewed and then put back on her plate (it was kinf of tough!), but she ate all her carrots and the chocolate torte she loved but couldn't finish!

All in all i was told by everyone how beautiful, well-mannered and well-behaved she was, but i have to admit that to me it felt quite stressful setting her up to be this way (not beautiful, she's that anyway, but her mood was definitely down to my handling of her from the day before onwards!). If we couldn't have taken her i couldn't have gone, but i would probably have had more fun myself if we hadn't taken her, iykwim.

Overall i don't know that i'd ever even want a wedding, but if i did i would definitely set it up so that missing people wouldn't cost us too much (i.e. buffet-style food) and kids would be able to have a good day without their parents having to button them down for the whole day.

Bx