When we finished the first 100 lessons in the Henle Latin I book we had a "Latin party".  As we were finishing our Analytical Grammar program the girls really wanted to do something to celebrate that milestone and so we hatched a plan to have an English Tea.  Knowing nothing about tea (American or English style) we headed to the library to do some research. 

I found a couple of books about proper teas--there are MANY varieties apparently, but we decided to just concoct our own as some of the food was pretty weird sounding and I did want the children to actually ENJOY the experience and not get bogged down in the whole "do I HAVE to try this" complaint.  On the other hand, i wanted it to be something different and memorable, so I went through the book and picked out eight recipes which mostly contained indredients we eat/have heard of and then we went shopping.

Well, the chosen morning dawned and and we began cooking.  We made scones with Devonshire Cream, Mushroom cups, Cucumber and Watercress sandwiches, Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, and we also had store-bought Ladyfingers (some of which Rebecca dipped into the chocolate) to save some time. 

Actually, I realized as we were cooking that we should have store bought more things because just those few items took ALL morning to prepare!  We ended up dropping several dishes just because the preparation was turning out to be a lot of work.  Anyway, we sat down for our tea at lunchtime and it was a very enjoyable experience.