For Mother's Day we had a real tea party with some other moms and daughters from our ward. Our daughters were all the same ages, so it was really fun for the girls to be together. The girls all wore fun hats. Nathan and I had spent most of Saturday cooking lemon scones, cookies, several kinds of tea sandwiches, etc. It was a lot of work, but worth the effort. I'm hoping this will be one of the memories Sarah keeps forever, and that makes any amount of work validated.
We had a variety of herbal teas so everyone could choose their own flavor. Sarah really loved pouring in the cream and sugar. It was delightful, eating this lunch of really tasty treats. I had never done a real tea party with guests before, just pretend ones with the kids and their dolls, so I looked up tea party etiquette rules. It was ridiculous. All the strict, meaningless rules would take any fun out of the occasion. No wonder English tea time is so formal and stiff...we decided to leave the rules alone and just enjoy ourselves. I figured having classical piano playing in the background would make it formal enough. It was nice to chat with my friends and catch up on everyone's lives (there never is time to chat at church!). After the girls were finished with their treats, they ran outside to play with the baby bunnies. They had a blast and were so cute in their Sunday dresses holding white rabbits.
With the girls distracted outside and the tea table vacated, the boys landed at the party to enjoy the remains. Matthew sat at the head of the table and acted like he was the lord over it all. It was so funny to see how important he felt to sit at the head of such a grand spread. They really enjoyed 'cleaning up' any treats left behind.
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