A Tea Party, Please?!

It was Megan's turn for our Try New Foods Challenge/Family Fun Night/opportunity for me to get out of meal planning for the night. Whatever you want to call it, Megan was chomping at the bit for her turn. She eagerly picked the Colonial Time Period which was inspired by her American Girl Doll, Felicity.

If anyone knows Megan at all they should not be surprised that this was not going to be the simplistic "lets gather eggs" colonial bit. Oh no, this was the fancy "everyone gets dressed up and we eat off our china plates." kind of time period.

Megan requested a finger foods, which are evidently what you serve when having a tea party. She made up tiny sandwiches with a variety of fillers. Enter the perfect opportunity for a variety of new foods and favorites with turkey, ham, varying cheeses, roast beef, mayonnaise and breads. She also wanted fresh strawberries and fancy little cakes for dessert. She prepared it all minus the cakes. When I was at Hy-Vee and saw the darling Little Debbie white cream filled fancy cakes, I knew that any "fancy cake" I helped her prepare would be nothing like this.

Megan wore her "Southern Belle" costume and Lucy her "Victorian Girl" gown (yes, I realize time periods were a bit off, but they wanted to choose their "fanciest dresses." Max was even allowed to use the china and they loved sipping lemonade from the tea cups.

What did I love? The manners were exquisite! It must be something about eating off china! After dinner, Megan had a choice for a game or watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which Daddy had just gotten. That won out, hands down and for an hour we all entered a fantasy type time.