Afternoon tea with the boys

[JuliaAM]

This afternoon I spent over two hours having afternoon tea with my two youngest sons, no dolls invited. [img]wink.gif[/img] We had SO much fun! We finally thawed and ate the cookies I made for a doll photo shoot last spring. The boys weren't interested in the cookies. But they were extremely interested in all the fake AG food. 12 yo son's favorite was Kaya's Salmon with Tea. Also Kirsten's Sausage "pretend dipped in tea" was scrumptious.

The boys enjoyed pouring many cups of tea from Molly's tea pot. However, if the pot is filled full, the first two cups tend to shoot out over the top of a tea cup when poured. Which kept the boys in hysterics. So we tried to remember to only fill Molly's tea pot half full.

I made myself a cup of coffee and carefully spooned it into one of Felicity's yellow cups from her Chocolate Set. That was probably the best 30 cups of coffee I've ever drank!

There were 20 AG serving platters/plates/bowls of AG treats on our tea table. Samantha's top tier wedding cake stand had Josefina's melons carefully balanced along with a towering structure of Kirsten's strawberries. No one touched Samantha's petite fours but Kaya's "flaky pastry cream horns" (finger cakes) got eaten numerous times.

The boys had delicious Constant Comment tea in Molly's tea pot. So they decided to make constant comments when they drank the tea about how tasty it was. And the more sugar, the better. [img]wink.gif[/img]

Molly's party blow-outs were a hit. 10 yo son was really disappointed that Molly's party poppers were fake.

We found out that Samantha's Petite Four candles fit perfectly in Molly's Cake and look even better than the candles that come with her cake. Alas, we only have four of Samantha's Petite Four candles though and I'm not likely to buy another treat set just for the candles. Molly's candles might look more realistic if I painted over the brown flames with yellow and orange acrylic paint.

A snippet of conversation at the table:
12 yo: "Ok, we should talk about something more serious here since this is tea time."
10 yo: "How about politics?"
12 yo: "Yeah, that's great!"
Silence as they pondered the topic.
10 yo "Well, I don't know anything at all about politics." "Me neither," said 12 yo. Then they both laughed uproarously.
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12 yo: "We should use our best manners" - said seriously while stacking as many mini AG vegetables on a saucer until they tumbled over.

If you all have kids, I want to encourage you to take time for tea. It is an effort to put together and takes time from the day. But the memories you give your kids (and yourself) will be some of your most precious of all.

Julia

[SanFen]

Thanks for sharing, that was great. I wonder if my almost 14 year old son will come to a tea party???? hmmmmmm
Sandy

[dornroeschen]

What a precious event for you and your boys. I'm glad you all had a lot of fun together having tea.

[ErinGoBraugh]

Awwww, you have such good-natured sons! A lot of boys would be way "too cool" for that kind of thing, even by 10 and 12. What great memories for the three of you...something you'll have to share with their future girlfriends for sure! I love hearing about the things my boyfriend did as a little kid, except unfortunately, most of them weren't so sweet as tea parties with Mom. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[rafferty]

That is so cool! I am glad you had such a good time! The "political" conversation was priceless! I have so say I am surprised at how well some boys do with this type of thing. DD is 9 and she has quite a few friends that are boys. When they come over, and go into our basement and see all of her dolls, they are usually quite interested to see what she has gotten recently, and really study especially the historical items. I would think if they had sisters they would be a little more used to this type of thing, but two boys in particular do not, so that is even more special. They will make wonderful boyfriends/DH's someday because they seem to already "get" this! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Shelly

[ponydreamer]

How sweet! My son was really sweet when he was that age. He's still sweet...but in that 17-yr. old almost a man kind of way. He and his best buddy were here for supper before their football game last night. They had their jersey's on...I should have asked them to have tea with me. hehe

Every once in a while they'll pick up a doll, or make a new display for me. ;-/ They both call me mom....and DD says she never meant to have two little brothers.

Anyway...cherish that tea party......

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[Kaileyfan1]

That's so cool! I'm glad your sons liked the American Girl food

[geneobug]

My 5 year old granddaughter is fascinated with the food. That is her main joy right now. I ordered a set of the petit fours from AG's replacement part list. We are keeping the candles for use when her friends are not here.

I can make the fimo food, but AG's foods are much better. They are bendable and won't break if dropped. Anybody know what they are made of?