Valentine Tea Party

I took Avery to the Mount Gulian Historic Site here in Beacon for a Valentine Tea Party. Adults were not invited unless they had a child with them! Most all of the girls were wearing party dresses and they were so well behaved. Avery even carried her purse full of treasures.


I wanted to capture Avery drinking and enjoying her tea(all 3 cups) and she caught me with that sideways glance. Picture taking didn't stop her though. She wanted even more. I had to stop her or our shopping trip, which we went on later, would have included many potty breaks!!


We started off with tea breads, biscuits and jam. Avery thinks the jam was peach and I have to agree. Very tasty. Next, they served crustless sandwiches. There were tuna, egg salad, ham and cheese and....cucumber and cream cheese. Avery didn't care for the cucumber one but I did. I helped her out and finished it.


The children went downstairs where tables were set up for a craft. They made a few of the tissue paper flowers before coming up for the "dainty desserts". We both forgot to bring the flowers home! Avery wasn't upset about it. She knew she could make them at home. During dessert there was a raffle for a number of goodies little girls love....stuffed animals, hair supplies, craft items, colored pencils and paper, etc. I didn't know this was going to take place or I wouldn't have gone there without a bit of money. Really, not even a penny!! The Mom sitting across from us had her daughter purchase a ticket and give it to Avery. That was very nice of them. Avery wasn't a winner but she was ok with it. I was very proud of how polite and well behaved she was. As we left the party she told me that she really enjoyed herself but we had to hurry because she needed to get back to the house. Too much tea!!!

Blogging Frustration

Yep, this is me! Most everytime I sit down and think I'm going to add to my blog, this is what I end up wanting to do!! Kate(darling daughter #4) keeps asking me why can't I remember what to do. I have no answer other than I'm old. I'm surprising myself tonight that I was able to find this image and get it on my page. Couldn't do it last night though. My "oldness" keeps me from being a part of some of the sites where you can post your before and after projects, or photos etc. That Mr. McLinky thing throws me for a loop on those sites. The giveaways I would like to enter ask me to grab the button and put it on my blog and then do this and do that and do something else. AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH! I'll get it someday I'm sure. If I didn't lead a pretty quiet life, you know, get up, go to work, come home, make dinner, clean up, go to bed, get up......I might have more to blog about. I do know that the more I blog, the easier it will get and I'll be able to remember better what I have to do to make this something someone else might want to read. Well, thank you for listening and if you have any cheat sheets tucked away somewhere that might help me, you can fax them to 1-866-air-head!!