Time for Tea

I love tea parties! I love the art of tea. I love teaching my sweet baby girl…how to act like a lady even at the grand ole age of 2. So, Ava was the youngest guest today at the most precious tea party for one of the sweetest 5 year olds at church…Ashlyn. Thank you for wanting Ava to come to your party!

Looking to see who is coming up the walk….

Yummy Fruit Kabobs! So much fun.

Sipping my tea in a glass cup!

Mommy’s princess in training…

Such a clever idea for a birthday cake!

Yes, Mommy…I am TWO!

(note fork in mouth the wrong way!)

But I am precious!

An Invitation to Tea

I love to throw a great tea party! There is just something about stepping back in time and rediscovering the civilized joy of a traditional afternoon tea. I love the dainty tea sandwiches and the 3 tiered platters of luscious sweets, and the perfectly brewed cup of tea in a china cup.

So you can imagine the excitement I felt when I uncovered this treasure at a consignment sale this past weekend.

So after church and lunch today, Ava, Baby Scarlett and I had a pretend tea party!

After we had been playing for a few minutes, we had a “traveling photographer” come by and want to take our picture.

(I think he has probably seen Mommy do this a time or two)

Side note: The old cameras are out of Grandpa Donaldson’s collection. The boys love to pretend play with them.

A few minutes later, we had another tea party guest join in our festivities.

I also found some dress up clothes for her at the consignment sale. She is getting so BIG!!! Even though I am a little sad about my baby growing up, I LOVE this age. I would much rather be playing tea party than cleaning up from Sunday lunch.