I hesitate to title this “tea party” lest Josiah be super embarrassed about it a few years from now.  It’s simply “bedtime tea” and has become quite a tradition during the last few nights.  :)  The kids choose a tea flavor to share and I make “Cinnamon Sugar Crispies” (otherwise known as cinnamon toast-cut into triangles…tonight I made it with pita bread, since I had some handy).

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Today’s flavor was “Lemon Ginger” which they surprisingly liked…it tasted kinda’ like Chai tea once cream and sugar were added.

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“Hey, this is pretty good!”

We pulled out one of Chloe’s birthday presents this morning…a paint-your-own tea set.  It is super cute and I had a little bit of a hard time letting them paint whatever they wanted on it.  I’m glad I gave them free rein though - they were very pleased with the results…that’s all that matters, right? 

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Working on the teapot.

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Every one of Josiah’s creations had red on them very prominently with splashes of other colors.

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Finishing the teapot, which actually turned out kinda’  neat, I thought.

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“I wish I was big enough to paint!”

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The finished products - ready to bake.

Stay tuned for tea party pictures.