Wedding Hijinks!

[tater03]

My son when he was four was a ring bearer in a wedding. I set up front in case he did have a melt down. Which he did but I just had him sit on my lap and then at the end I had him go back up and he did very well. He made a very cute ring bearer but of course I am prejudiced.

[mollyL]

The littlest guys make the best ring-bearers, I think. The other "position" I like to see very little ones take is the basket-holder-flower-dropper (not sure what this is called.) One adorable little girl was being really slow trying to drop the petals just where she wanted them. When her mum tried to get her to go faster, the little girl got all indignant that someone was trying to interfere in her very important job!
I think it's the little things that make for the best wedding memories.

[justontime]

I wonder if the little ones actually enjoy it? I was bridesmaid twice, the first time I was 9 and I hated every minute of it, the next time I was about 12 and I found the experience tolerable at best. I hated all the dress fittings, I disliked wearing frilly dresses and most of all I hated having people mess around with my long hair. There were some nice photos but when I look at them I just remember that I really didn't enjoy the experience. My two daughters have also been bridesmaids twice, the first time aged about 5 and 3 and then a couple of years older. In view of my own feelings I was careful to allow them to choose if they wanted to be bridesmaids or not, they were certainly not forced into it. The younger one agreed only on condition that she would not wear anything on her head (her mother's daughter!). They are now in their late teens and they remember both experiences fondly. I think it depends very much on the personality of the child.

[mollyL]

When my daughter was about eight years old, the girl marrying my brother asked her to be in charge of the guest book at the wedding. It was nice of her to make a position for my daughter, and my girl was over the moon about "being in the wedding". She got a new dress in the wedding colours, got a little circlet of flowers and a wrist corsage, and you never saw a more dedicated guest book girl. The pen used had a long feather plume on the end, and my now-sister-in-law gave her the pen for a souvenir. It was one of her most prized possessions.
Many years later, she was the "best woman" at her brother's wedding and wore a tuxedo with the rest of the groomsman. She looked adorable!