Our blizzard began yesterday, so we actually started our blizzard activities then...  We watched the American Girl movie "Felicity".  Great history lessons about the revolution! (wink wink)  So in the movie Felicity was learning how to behave like a lady, and one of her lessons was in the proper way to have tea.  Last night Jeremy had to work late, so the girls and I had a tea party, hosted by Lauren.  My mom and dad gave Lauren this ceramic tea set for Christmas a few years ago and she just loves it. 

We made cookies before dinner, then she made the tea, set the table and prepared a glorious tea party.  We used the English tea manners that we learned from Felicity.  Lauren would ask, "Would you like tea, Mrs. N----.?"  I would answer, "Yes, Miss N----, I will have tea."  Then Lauren, "Milk or sugar, Mrs. N----?"  And I would answer in the proper way.  Chloe and Tatum even gave the correct response with a little help and they thought it was great.  Of course the little tea cups are so small that by the time Lauren had her first cuppa, Chloe and Tatum already had three!  Tatum would stand up and say, "Mo' tea! Mo' tea!"  And I would say, "Tatum, sit down and use your lady manners."  She would sit down then and ask in the sweetest voice, "I have mo' tea pweese Wahwen?" (Can you figure out the translation?)" 

Chloe played the perfect lady.  When she was finished with her tea, she turned her cup upside down on the saucer and said, "I will take no more tea Miss N----."

After tea was over, we recieved an interesting announcement from Tatum.  She stood up and said "I have a baby in my tummy!"

Hmm.  Not really what I expected to hear at our proper English Tea.