Man Leather Jewelry Box
Q: Despite the fact that I have never been to a wedding with
a flower girl or a ring bearer, we want to include both in
our wedding. However, I am not clear what they do after
walking down the aisle and before the recessional.
Do they stand the whole time? Should I set aside seats near
the aisle for them and their parents? How & when do the
rings get taken off the pillow? I don't have any attendants,
so would I ask my flower girl to hold my bouquet (her basket
has a flat bottom so it can be put down) ?
A:We had my husband's son as
our ring bearer, and he at age 2 1/2 did a fine job. The rings were in
the white leather jewelry box my husband's ring came in...there was just
enough room for both rings, side-by-side. Garrett's Mom had the box of
rings prior to the wedding (and we'd practiced with an empty box), and
just as Garrett was to walk up the aisle, she handed him the box of rings,
and he walked up the aisle, handed the box to the best man, and went and
sat down with his mom .
With young children, you have to take into account that something might go
wrong, and we were willing to work around that. There were three
possibilities that we planned on:
1) Garrett would do it exactly as planned and practiced with him (and this
is what happened)
2) He might refuse to walk down the aisle alone, in which case, his Mom
(who I'm good friends with) would walk with him down the aisle.
3) He might refuse entirely, in which case we weren't going to make him do
it