walking down the aisle

The lovely Greer...

 ...and the just as lovely McLaren

(There were a few other bridesmaids too.)

And then came the kids...all nieces and nephews of Chad and Tarrah.

Basically, our littles were there to simply provide entertainment for the processional. 

Maddie, as the oldest flower girl by far, was given the task of pulling Chad's baby niece in the wagon. She dutifully and carefully set off down the aisle.

She did fabulously!

Chad's nephew, Hector, was a ring bearer and dutifully set off after Maddie holding his pinwheel. 

And then Duke set off with his pinwheel behind Hector. Part way down the aisle, it fell off because he was shaking it so much and having so much fun toddling with it down the aisle. 

I retrieved the pinwheel and fixed it, and re-sent Duke back down the aisle. 

With London (Chad's niece) and Maisie close behind.

Happy!

London carried forth, doing a beautiful job. Maisie realized she was quickly running out of petals. 

 She dumped the remaining few. 

Bewildered as to what to do, she turned around upset and turned back toward me. I tried to discreetly (hah!) shoo her back down the aisle toward Daddy. But she couldn't spot Daddy in amidst all the people.

But I convinced her to head down the aisle once again when Duke came running back down the aisle crying because his pinwheel had once again fallen apart. 

That was all it took. Maisie was NOT going down that aisle. I took our two crying children out the back of the aisle, quieted them down way off to the side, and then walked them around to the front to take our seats. 

It was just a classic toddler bridal party scenario! The beauty of it though is that people just laugh and love it. Little kids are just plain old cute, and especially so when dressed up.