I have made a tough decision tonight

The Baby Tilda Barn Dance will be my final event for The Lullaby Trust

For a little while

I want to batten down the hatches for a while

Growing this Rainbow Baby is much harder than I thought it would be

And I am missing Matilda Mae more and more every day

I want to keep her to myself for a while

I want to cherish the time I have left with Esther and William

Before we lose them to the world of school

I want to get my head around the fact that we are having a baby

There is going to be a baby in our lives again

I need to make myself understand that she will not be Matilda Mae

I want to enjoy the summer

And I also have some exciting plans

For working with Tommy’s and Count The Kicks

Together with my lovely bump buddy Born Silently

I want to organise an event

That both remembers our babies gone but

Also celebrates our Rainbows being here

I hope and pray with all my heart

That both our Rainbows will be here

But this is it

The Baby Tilda Barn Dance

My last big event for a while

I want it to be a good one

And I would love for you to be there

Life is a dance. Sometimes we lead, sometimes we follow. Don’t worry about what we don’t know, what’s important is we learn new steps as we go.
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The Baby Tilda Barn Dance is being held in The Millennium Hall, Egerton, Kent

Egerton is a lovely village near Ashford in Kent

The barn dance will start at 12 and finish around 6.30pm

The hall will be decked with pink and purple bunting and balloons

We will have music and dancing

And lots and lots and lots for children to do

The music is being provided by Classical Babies, Tapestry starring the rather lovely Fi from Child Care Is Fun and a local barn dance trio

We are looking forward to a wonderful, music filled day

The rather wonderful Beebies Baby Store

Has planned a spectacular range of family fun activities

To fill our Marquee of Play

As well as skipping and swaying and do si doing

You will be able to enjoy

The Craft Table
Here you can sit with your little ones and create pipecleaner and tissue paper flowers, You can make a paper plate mask or a star wand and crown. This will be a little corner of creativity, a place to rest amid all the dancing and fun.

A Fabric Fancies Tea Party
Maybe your little one would like to bring a teddy or a dolly to join them at this most beautiful of fabric tea parties. They can share strawberry pie, blueberry pie, cinammon loaf and hot cross buns. There is a tea set complete with tea bags, a birthday cake with candles. There will be play cookies, mini sandwiches and very special Matilda Mae cakes. These special edition Baby Tilda cakes will be available to order on the day as a momento of the dance with all profits being given directly to The Lullaby Trust.

Transport Station
A place to play with wooden trains and cars and a teeny tiny wooden village.

Baby Corner
We all know the saying ‘No one puts Baby in a corner’, well, at the Baby Tilda Barn Dance you might just want to. Beebies Baby Store are providing a range of toys for tiny ones to try including baby blocks, stacking cups and soft toys.

All The Fun Of The Fair
Just for fun there will be a range of fairground games: Hook a duck, Tin can alley, Ball in the bucket, Hoopla and more. No prizes, no payment, just good old fashioned family fun for everyone to try.

Also in the Play Marquee there will be face painting and nail painting for a very small charge.

The hall is on a large village green with hills to roll down, swings and slide to play on.

We think we have the makings of a perfect day.

There will be giant bubbles on the lawn and bottles of bubbles for guests to blow too.

There will be a traditional Kent Hog Roast and afternoon tea.

Ella’s Kitchen and Bear Nibbles have provided us with a range of healthy baby and toddler snacks.

All we need now is you!

Please do come along and join us for the dance if you can and also help us to spread the word.

We would love to fill the hall with fun loving families, coming together to enjoy a party that Matilda Mae never can.

To honour her, remember her and be thankful for all that we have and share with our friends and family.

Tickets for the Baby Tilda Barn Dance cost £10 for adults and £5 for children aged over 3

They are available to buy through Beebies Baby Store where you will also find opportunities to sponsor a dance or an element of the day.

The more tickets we sell and the more sponsorship we gain the more money we will be able to give to The Lullaby Trust.

If you are coming to the dance please bring some money with you on the day as we also have an amazing raffle with prizes from Livie and Luca, Kyna Boutique, Appletree Bags, Zu3D, Snoob, Munchkin, Mia Tui, Tiny Discoverers, Music Bugs, Lily and Sid, Mama Designs, Minnies Macaroon, Child Care Is Fun, Princess and the Frock, Ellie Illustrates, Bibee Dresses, Ruby and Ginger, Music Bugs, Niteo Jewellery, Itsy Bits and Sweet Pea Pantry.

We really do hope to see you there

For more information and to keep up to date with the event please join our event page on Facebook.

We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.
Angela Monet