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Years ago a couple of my girlfriends introduced me to the wonderful tradition of High Tea.  I love having tea with the girls!  It's so relaxing and calming.  11 years ago on my 30th Birthday they took me to my favorite Tea House.  While we were there a group of little girls were all dressed up having a Birthday Tea.  I thought it looked so fun and knew that if I ever had a daughter I wanted to have Tea Party's with her.  Well, 6 years later my daughter finally came along.  Last year for Easter she got an adorable tea set.  She has several little play sets, but this one is smaller then an adult set, but big enough for little girl to pour a proper cup of tea.  My daughter and I enjoy having tea for two frequently, but yesterday we hosted our very first full fledge Mommy and Me Tea in honor of my daughters 5th Birthday.  It was lovely. 

When we sent out the invitations we asked the girls to wear their best party dress.  For the goodie bags I got each of them a feather boa, lace gloves and made them Capri Sun Purses.  We dressed the tables with denim table clothes, lavender napkins, and our best tea sevices.  For the centerpiece on the girls table I got a birthday balloon bouquet.  On the Mom's table I took  a small basket and pushed a head of iceberg lettuce into it.  then I took strawberrys on wooden sticks and made a edible arrangement.

We served an assortment of teas along with a variety of tea sandwiches, quiche, scones with berries and whipped cream and of course birthday cake. 

A lovely time was had by all and I'm sure we will have many more Mommy & Me Teas in the future.

The Mommy Table


The Girl's Table


Alice In Wonderland Cake, The Mad Hatter & Sconces


The Girls


Too Cute!

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Posted by Neon

Well it looks like your daughter enjoyed her party! That last pic cracked me up, they both are just too cute!

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Posted by mom2ZAW

What fun and adorable pictures! The women in my family love to have teas and go to tea. We do it quite often. It just makes you feel special somehow. In fact we are going to have a tea party baby shower for my sister this spring.Thanks for sharing your pictures.

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Posted by SupComTabz

The party looks awesome! Thanks for sharing pics. I actually took a cake decorating class when I was in jr. high and learned how to make those Barbie Doll cakes.... that made me smile to remember that. :)

Thanks for your comment too!

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Posted by t4jesus

I love your idea! My 8 year old daughter just LOVES her "girl time" with mommy, so we will have to try that! Everything looks wonderful!!! Did you use the pampered chef bowl to make the cake? Thanks for the tip on the math u see. I will check them out. I am thinking they have a website I can check out?

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Posted by MamaSchmud

You left a comment on my blog about my son and his ten children. Thanks for stopping in! I noticed in your profile that you are interested in homebirth. All three of my children were born at home so I just wanted to say hi!

Enjoyed reading your blog...

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Posted by preschoolmommy

I love this idea. And I really have to know: what is a capri sun purse? I clicked on the link and it told me it was gone. Would love to know about this.

I collect tea pots and have since I was 14. When I got married, we used them as the large centerpiece on the food table. We had over 30. It's become a tradition in my family. My niece loves to get dolls now that have tea sets, so she and I can play together. For her 4th b-day, she had a tea party where the girls got dressed up and so did the boys (my son was a cowboy and the other little boy was a pirate... the good kind). It was so much fun. I can't wait for my daughter's 4th birthday. But I truly love your idea for the adult bouquette. It looks like roses in the picture. I love this idea. Please share your tea party experiences with me sometime. I"d love to start this tradition w/ my daughter when she is old enough

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