Our granddaughters wanted a tea party. We hadn’t had one with them in a while so one day early in December, when their mother was working, my grandson and I made muffins for a tea party.
When the girls came from school we were ready. The table was set with the good China and the children picked their favourite cups, all of which were my mother’s. Mom would have loved to see her great grandchildren using these cups.
We talked as we drank herbal pomegranate tea and ate the chocolate chip muffins. The youngest, at three, didn’t have as long an attention span as the girls but he lasted 45 minutes. I told them about my mother, Mary, and about her use of these same cups.
The girls recalled their experience of High Tea at a hotel on one of their trips to London when they visited their grandparents in England. The children have travelled a great deal and enjoy experiences in the places they visit. I shared some of the experiences their grandfather and I have had on the trips we’ve taken.
Over Christmas, we had a second tea party and enjoyed a selection of the cookies we baked for Christmas. Ours had been frozen in an effort to prevent my husband and me from eating them. However, we haven’t found a cookie which can’t be eaten frozen, much to our chagrin, though 95% of them had survived. We shared them with our neighbours too.
The children enjoyed the tea party and ate all of the cookies called Moose Farts. So much for high brow conversation over tea when you can have a few giggles over Moose Farts just to keep it real.
The recipe for Moose Farts is
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Ahhh! I cannot wait for the days of tea parties and baking with little ones.
Wonderful times.
They will remember grandma and her tea parties.
There's nothing like a tea party! I've enjoyed more than a few good High Teas in my time, although I must confess that Moose Farts, or even Unicorn Farts, were never served at them. Now they seem deficient to me.
I too have never found a cookie that didn't taste good frozen. What a sweet thing to do, have High Tea with one's grands. :-)
Hello,
The tea parties with your grandchildren sound fun! I am not sure of cookies would survive with my hubby nearby, he loves the sweets.
Take care, I wish you a happy new week!
How fun! I can't wait to have grands to have tea parties with. Enjoy every second!
I love tea parties, and reading about them is the next best thing!
I just visit website of Moose Farts recipe.... sound appealing.
I'll try one day...thank you for sharing.
# You must be very happy gathering with grandkids, then make a tea party.
Have a wonderful day
Sounds like fun, tea, cookies and grandkids. A great recipe for a special memory.
That (and the recipe) sounds wonderful. The very sweetest of memories - I smiled to see a unicorn farts version on the recipe page too.
Delightful!!!
And equally delightful is the fact, that you were able to gather in this way. Hooray for you...
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Delightful...
I love tea parties.
I've only been to one high tea and that was years ago.
Wish I had some little ones around to do that again.
Today one of my Grands turns 21. Where does the time go?
I do enjoy the special times we have had our Granddaughters over for a weekend and do special dinners and breakfasts with the "Good" china etc.
Thanks for bringing some very wonderful memories to my mind.
Sue
Those tea parties will live on in their memories., Moose Farts and all.
Great idea to have tea with young kids.
I'm sure I would enjoy some Moose Farts!
we haven’t found a cookie which can’t be eaten frozen
I laughed and laughed!
The Tea Parties sound wonderful. I think they are a brilliant idea and am sure the grandies will treasure those memories in the future.
I am in a giggling mood, and that part about not finding a cookie that can't be eaten frozen is hilarious!
what a fun day. I love tea parties. My Grand Girls did not spend much time here this Christmas and I really missed them and such fund adventures.
What fun and what special memories you are making with your granddaughters. I love the "sound" of the Moose Fart cookies! LOL.
These cherished times will be remembered by your grand children for a long long time. Lovely.
I am sure the tea party was enjoyed by all. It has a bit of an Alice in Wonderland quality about it! We did it once for the two girls next door when they were younger, but I don't think they got as much out of it as your grandchildren did.
I loved the fact that you used your Mom's China making the tea taste really special!😏 What a lovely way to spend a Winter day.💖
Heart warming to read about your tea parties. Moose farts makes me laugh.
What a great idea! I've made Moose Farts and love them. In fact, I have all the ingredients around right now, so I may whip up a batch. They are very sticky though before being rolled in the graham cracker crumbs. I chilled the dough for the hour the recipe called for, but I may do longer next time.
Delightful times with your grands! I'm looking forward to spring tea parties with mine! Giggling over Moose Farts would be a lot of fun!
Sounds like lots of fun and you are lucky that you can do this. I am finally finding that 10 months of living in the house or the garden is getting the better of me despite going for walks alone. Fortnightly we go shopping and that is the only time we both can get out. Keep safe Diane
I too laughed and am still laughing. We have frozen chocolate muffins to laugh over here.
what a great story and a good chuckle. i have never heard of moose farts so i had to follow the link to the recipe. thanks for sharing it btw. did you see the unicorn farts, they were awesome!!
i don't want to miss commenting on the tea, it was so sweet and i am sure the girls will remember it for a very long time!!! maybe not the little guy!!
i hide cookies at christmas time, or i would not have any left on christmas!!
Such specil memories you are making for your Grand children. Moose Farts and fine china, happy times.
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