This was my 4th time at the Sweet Shalom Tea Room. The last time I was at the Christmas Tea was the day before Annabelle was born!I remembered how much I loved it, so when my parents got us this gift certificate a year and a half ago I couldn't wait to use it on the Christmas Tea. I am not sure what happened last December, but we never got a chance to use it until Saturday.
We had such a sweet time together. Annabelle love playing Tea party at home so she really enjoyed being able to enjoy a real tea party. Josh had never been to the tea house so for him it was a treat to be able to see why I like it so much.
Each time you go to the tea room there is a theme. December's theme is A Christmas Carol: Tea with Mr. Dickens. This was the menu for our tea:
* Steaming Hot Wassail
* Cream Scones
* Proper English Cottage Pie
* Red Leicester Cheese Tart
* Cucumber Sandwiches
* Egg Salad on Crackers
* Walnut Cream Cheese Tea Sandwiches
* Rum Tea Cake
* Caramel Dream Tassies
* Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy Cake and a
* Grand Flaming Figgy Pudding !
We actually had to sing for the Figgy pudding...you know the verse of We Wish you a Merry Christmas that says, "Now bring us some Figgy pudding"? Well, they said if we sang it loud enough they'd bring it out. When they did it was literally on fire!
They also read a portion of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol.
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6 comments:
The second photo is my favorite! love that smile she gives all the time! I also love how they had your names on the place settings! I can't wait to have tea with you guys again! That was one of the highlights of visiting you! Glad you got to use the certificate! I think it came at the right time! Annabelle is old enough to have tea and I'm sure she'll remember that for a long time!
love,
Mom
....forgot to add, love all the templates! they make beautiful scrapbook pages!
Great pics~ Annabelle looks like a little lady!
Oh how sweet of your mom to give you that great gift. It looks like you had a very nice time!
Oh Danielle! I love this so much! What a wonderfully special thing to do! I took Kaishon and Sabria and Naji and Mila and Sienna this summer and we had the most wonderful times. The girls LOVED getting dressed up. The boys were going to try to dress up too but Gary's clothes were too big for them. Very special! I think you are the best Mommy!
Loved these pictures. Such a great memory. Now I know why Annabelle was always singing at Christmas
"Now bring us some figgy pudding"
So cute!
Love Mom
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