We invited a few kids over today for a tea party and guess what? It was a lot of fun!
Today's Menu:
• Hot mint tea with milk and sugar
• Lemonade with strawberries
• Fruit salad
• Finger sandwiches: butter and jam, cream cheese, American cheese and bologna for my son who loves balogna and ate all of them
• Lovely homemade cookies brought by a guest
• Decorate-your-own mini-cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting and assorted sprinkles
• Outdoor play time and a big glass of water!
Highlights:
• The children asking for and passing the milk and sugar around
• My son bragging that his twin sister had come up with the idea for a tea party
• The kids generally being very polite to each other and me
Lowlights:
• "Let's chase the cat!" (I didn't say they were saints. They're 5.)
• Actually, that's the only one I can think of. The kids were sweet!
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| Writing place cards |
Next time we *might* even send out invitations. I think we can pull it off!
Oh, one last thought: At first, my daughter said, "Girls only!" And I thought about it for a minute and then said no. Here's why: in my experience kids are segregated by gender more and more these days, not less and less. I am totally not down with that. I get that a lot of girls like to play mainly with girls and a lot of boys like to play mainly with boys, and that's fine with me. And I can't control what the kids do when I'm not around. But I want my kids to know that EVERYONE is invited to play with us and we don't exclude ANYONE, not based on gender or anything else. (Except being mean. I don't make my kids play with kids who are mean to them.)
OK, off my soap box. Back to the tea party. Ta!
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| Baby Hippo likes a piece of apple on her cupcake. |
