A Dream Come True Tea Party

When I was a little girl I absolutely adored the American Girl Dolls - not all the look-a-like/make-your own dolls.  Back when they had four of them: Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly...and then Addie was added later into the group.  My best friend, Terra, who lived across the street, and I would meet up with our dolls - she had Felicity and Kirsten - I had Samantha and Addie.  We would set up our dolls in their dresses and have tea parties galore.  We probably drank gallons of Kool-Aid (I'm surprised my face isn't still stained cherry red) and ate crates of crackers - but we LOVED dressing up, dressing our dolls up, and having tea parties (I had my own little doll tea set that was used frequently).  
We got to go to a couple actual tea parties as girls where we drank herbal tea (as a kid I thought it was very watery apple juice - yuck) and thoroughly enjoyed them.

I was invited to the tea party of a lifetime recently.  A couple of my friends, Kim and Amy, are girly enthusiasts and decided to throw a tea party where we could make our childhood dreams of fancies tea parties come true.  A new friend, Nanette, hosted it in her breathtaking home. (The atmosphere is everything for tea parties I've decided.)  She gave us a tour and we all settled in her gorgeous dining room complete with appropriate tea party background music.  One of my favorite parts was that she provided Tea Party Hats - we all got to feel the part too.  

Jessica, Me, Kim, Michelle, Amy, Kendra, and Marci (I didn't get Nanette! - Boo)  Somehow all the hats fit each of our outfits perfectly - like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants style...but with lots of hats?  Haha - okay - it was a stretch.

We were trying to laugh at each other - I think Michelle and I were the only ones into it. ;)

We got a selection of apple, raspberry, or peppermint tea complete with all the treats we could hope for from cucumber sandwiches to sugar coated grapes(a new favorite of mine).  

See what I mean?  Amazing!

Yes I did have one of each - how many times is a girl going to get to go to a tea party like this?  (I mean until I'm rolling in the dough and throwing these things all the time. ;) )

My teacup.  Hee hee :)

wow - I want to eat this all over again.

I had to put cream in my raspberry tea because I could...delish.

We went around chatting about our favorite places we ever traveled and where we dream to go someday.  It was a lovely time-out from being a mom to re-energize the batteries.  I was SO happy to be invited and missed England all over again after having a lovely proper tea party.  Thanks gals!

Pinkies out!

To all our big dreams!  Cheers!