Fancy Tea Party Friday!

It's been a great day so far, full of dance parties, new books, and tea party! Most friends hesitated going out this morning because it was chilly but once we got the music going it was all fun after that! Dancing to Miya's mix, we changed it up this week from yo gabba gabba! We soon marched up the ramp, took off our shoes and made our way inside for snack and our first Tea Party! We had a quick snack, washed hands then sat, Teo, Olive, Ivy and Mrs. Jackie all came prepared with their own tea cups, while Theo, Ben, Asher, Koichi, Alanna, and Paislie borrowed some of ours! We practiced our "ohm" while they sat patiently waiting for tea ( unsweetened camomile tea, made by Susan, a wonderful, toddler mother), I walked around letting them smell the tea, which they all responded, "oooooo" :) Jackie first walked around, dropping lemon in everyone's tea, except Alanna. She asked everyone to squirt their lemon in their cup, Theo squeezed hard, leading the example and way for everyone to squeeze theirs. Teo opted to suck on his, making a funny sour face as the juice went into his mouth, next I walked around with the tea kettle, helping each friend pour their own cup of Tea! Jackie followed behind, squirting honey into each cup, allowing them to stir their tea, until they were ready to drink it! We also has some tasty bread, and Cheerios for them to choose from, to accompany their tea! Once everyone had been served, it was silent for a second as everyone took a sip, tasting their concoction for the first time, and they all loved it! Most asking for more, they mixed in their Cheerios or bread, stirring and soon eating like cereal, we spent most of our morning at the table, enjoying each others company, and Tea! Olive and Theo were some of our last friends to finish, enjoy every last drop! Needless to say, very successful Tea Party! We cleaned up, and soon made our way to the deck exploring with the pre tots, before it was time to come in for lunch and nap! Ms Toni came in and brought us some fun new books, that kept the, busy till it was lights out!

After nap, we made our way to the library to check out the new tractor, dinosaur, and Olivia books! We waited for ms Liz to come visit, we did a quick clean up then made our way to the carpet for a quick lesson on how to put on our socks and shoes! Many friends were excited to show me how they could put on their socks and shoes and how they could help others who needed it! Just as the last of my friends were getting their shoes on, ms Liz came in for our Friday cooking project! She introduced some mushrooms, tomatoes, green pepper, avocado, and cheese. Many friends liked the tomatoes, avocado and cheese the most, while theo, Teo, ivy, Ben, Paislie, and olive tasted the newer veggies. Ms Liz then brought out corn tortillas, with melted cheese and gave our friends the options to add other vegetables or not. She also showed them how they can roll their tortilla up and eat it. It was a big hit, and the friends loved doing it all by themselves! We said goodbye to ms Liz, washed hands, and marched outside to enjoy the beautiful Friday afternoon!

Much love
Dom and Jackie