Tea Time!

It’s funny that some traditional toys are fun through all ages.   I remember having tea parties as a little girl, you see commercials of little girls playing with tea sets and my girls are no different.   They love tea parties too – especially Clara.

We were given our first tea set for Grace by Laura Almodovar.     She found out Grace had been serving us “tea” using mini bar bottles of liquor and plastic cups.    Of course none of the bottles were opened – she just went around to both her parents pretending to serve us drinks.   Laura didn’t appreciate one of her favorite 2 year olds already learning how to go behind the bar so she bought us a very cute and traditional pink tea set.   We use this still today!     Soon we accumulated a birthday cake that fits in the box with the tea party and also another tea set.     

For Clara’s second birthday, we had a tea party/princess theme.    Mom and Dad and the girls all dressed up for the tea party and gifts were princess themed.    Clara has since become the pretty pretty princess in the family and enjoys having tea parties.    The tea party sets are some of the few toys that always go back in their correct boxes and containers when they are done playing with them. 

Today, the girls will invite stuffed animals, each other, parents and kitty to join in the tea party.   Sometimes when kitty joins she will lucky enough to get water in her cup and sometimes she gets cat nip or kitty treats in the cup.   Then she is a very happy member of the tea party.