If my niece, Lily, were to plan my wedding...

Recently, I had a conversation with my four-year-old niece, Lily, about my wedding. Having small nieces proves to be a challenge when explaining to them the rules of engagements, weddings, marriage etc. Lily has asked me several times, "Did you already have the wedding?" or "But I thought you got married already!" She doesn't understand proposals or engagements. On Mother's Day, my dad was toasting to my mom and my older sisters who are also mothers, and Ella chimes in and says, "And Abby too! She's going to be a mother!" I quickly said I most certainly will NOT be a mother anytime soon. Through her explanation she thought that because I was getting married, I will also be a mother very soon as well.

So I had a bit of fun this weekend and asked Lily to "plan" my wedding. Here is what it would be like if she were to plan everything:

Colors: Pink - and lots of pink flowers too.
Food: Pizza
Hair: Up in a bun with a pink flower in it and a reaaalllly long veil.
Dress: Big and poofy like Cinderella's or Belle.
Ceremony: She specifically said "Lots of flowers and plants" and it would be in my hometown church.
Makeup: The more the merrier. Especially lots of eye makeup and bright red or pink lipstick.
Cake: Chocolate cake with lots of frosting. With more flowers on it, preferably pink.
Reception: Lots of dancing, pizza, and flowers. No kissing allowed.

Other details: There should be a "kids place" at the reception just for the kids to have fun, play games and hang out so the adults can have their own fun at the wedding. I should also make sure to have a good photographer that takes lots of pictures. The flower girls should wear tutus and flower headbands in their hair. Michael has to have a good haircut. And very specifically she said, "You and Michael have to sit across the table from each other so you can look into each other's eyes like you love each other very much."