It’s a universal fact that girls like pretty things. Our family has been blessed with lots of girls, hence, we have acquired lots of pretty things. Because we enjoy using those pretty things, eating and being together, we have recently begun the tradition of a tea party in our family. In order to include the Ramseys in this event, we schedule it during their Christmas visit to Indiana. This year, the tea party was held on December 27th. Scheduling the tea party so close to Christmas has its benefits. One is that we enjoyed a beautiful snowfall the morning of the party.
Another is that we can take advantage of the fact that we have lots and lots of tasty and special food that we’ve been making and eating for the holidays, so we can usually borrow some of it for the tea party.
So, we all converged on Mom and Dad’s around noon on the 27th, with all the young ladies looking lovely in their tea-party attire. The male cousins and uncles hid out in the basement for awhile, then headed out for pizza while we were eating.
At a tea party a couple of years ago, Mom got out some family heirlooms and talked about what the items were and the ladies who had owned them. We also read out loud -- I think the Proverbs 31 verses and maybe a poem or two. We were better organized that year. :-) We didn’t have any presentations or readings this year, but we did have cute place settings: vintage handkerchiefs which contained goodies wrapped inside. Great idea, Kelly! We also managed to get group pictures, which is always a feat for our family!
Heather noticed that one of the girls had placed her dolls’ shoes inside her own shoes to keep from losing them! Too cute! (and very resourceful!)
great pictures! Mom is really going to cherish the one of her and all of us girls. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking them all!
Love you!