One event each day here in Lesotho that is very different from Michigan is the morning tea time. We did not have such a thing in our day, yet as most kids do, our kids pretended to have tea parties on occasion. They would play dress up and get out their tea set and pour water for each other. Well, a few days ago we got a magazine in the mail (Thanks Nancy for the Kidsclub subscription) and it had a few suggestions for hosting your own tea party with a new friend. Faith and Mercy came running and asked if we could host a tea party. So, we looked over the article and made a plan to invite our friends Donna and Allan over for a tea party (lunch).
So on Tuesday night we made sugar cookies and made them in shapes of leaves for the boys and flowers for the girls. They frosted the cookies themselves and then used candy to make initials on each person's cookie. Then on Wednesday morning the girls (and Elijah too) woke up early and went outside to pick flowers and leaves to decorate the table. They made name tags for each person and decorated those with stickers. As lunch time drew near, they picked some fresh peas from the garden and then helped me roll out pizza dough so we could make special sandwiches for each person. They had so much fun getting ready.
Donna and Allan came before Bryan and Laury got back from work for lunch so Donna and the kids played hide-and-seek for a little while and then we all enjoyed their tea party. It was so sweet so see the joy on their faces as everyone complimented them on such a nice lunch. I think I may be in trouble because they are going to want to have a tea party everyday now! So, now we are have tea time as part of our daily schedule might just have to keep that when we move back to Michigan ;) Hope you enjoyed a story about my girls (and Elijah helped quite a bit too).
Anita
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