Better-late-than-never tea parties or I'm not that type of mother
Here it is Thursday already. We did have a tea party on Saturday to coincide with the lovely Vanessa's Mad Tea Party. Then another on Tuesday. This tea party madness is contradictory to my usual laissez faire parenting: Kid's playing on the playground structure after school? No need for a visit to the park. All right, lazy parenting. But heat water, cut fruit, slice bread and presto, the kids are entertained! Then I get to sip tea on the back deck with the dappled sun shining through the wisteria. Lovely.
My only tea time memory is having clotted cream and strawberry jam atop a scone during a trip to New Zealand. I must have been twelve. Food, maybe that's the hook. An excuse for cupcakes, Stroopwafel or canelé. There's your answer.
Comments (12)
Tea and scones? Yum!
I nearly made scones today but went with cheese muffins instead as for a funeral morning tea and everyone else seemed to be making sweet stuff.
Your tea party looks scrummy :)
Posted by EnnaVic | July 4, 2008 1:50 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 01:50
all those goodies are certainly tempting.
Posted by erin | July 4, 2008 5:22 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 05:22
sounds dreamy! Happy 4th :-)
Posted by mimi k | July 4, 2008 6:43 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 06:43
Um... YUM! I'm drooling. Now I must go find breakfast!
Posted by sarah | July 4, 2008 8:54 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 08:54
That all looks so delicious! Am I invited? ;o)
Wishing you a happy July 4th!
Posted by Katherine | July 4, 2008 9:49 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 09:49
Oh YUmmy Yummy DAY!!! I am soooo glad I can come and snuggle up in your bloglette, and nibble s'more!!! Miss lovely Sonya, your spread and your photos are more than sublime!! Lots of xoxoxoox's from me and the clan!!
Posted by A Fanciful Twist | July 4, 2008 10:35 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 10:35
Pretty pictures and yum food! (don't worry, I am a lazy mother too :-)
Posted by Pasha Plum | July 4, 2008 11:08 AM
Posted on July 4, 2008 11:08
Canele...
Lazy mother?!? This is your proof? Damn.
Posted by sulu-design | July 4, 2008 12:32 PM
Posted on July 4, 2008 12:32
Delish.
I love the idea of stroopwafel and have always felt a little cheated that I've never managed to find an iron to make my own.
Posted by Shannon B | July 4, 2008 10:53 PM
Posted on July 4, 2008 22:53
Stroopwafel, my addiction.
Posted by john | July 5, 2008 2:44 PM
Posted on July 5, 2008 14:44
Making note: lazy mother not what I thought it to be.
Clotted cream? We don't get that here. Bought it once in Harrod's, London, of all places to bring home on the plane. Naturally wasn't edible by the time I got home. But the Harrod's bag was posh.
Posted by Anna | July 6, 2008 2:25 AM
Posted on July 6, 2008 02:25
Ooo, I almost bought one of those fold up treat stands(?) this spring at an antique store. Very cute in red. (the one I saw was coppery green) How do you like it?
Posted by Emmakat | July 23, 2008 8:14 AM
Posted on July 23, 2008 08:14