Here's another tradition I love!
One of our good friends that we met through the adoption playgroup, when we brought Lilah home, organizes a (mothers and daughters only!) afternoon tea get together at the Château Laurier. I love this hotel and the food is delicious! But my favourite part of all, is seeing friends. We have a special bond with some of these families.
In fact, the family we travelled to China with, was there - and Lilah was thrilled to see her friend, Amelia. I tell you, those two just pick up where they left of. They have such a lovely bond together. (There is a photo of them below, sitting grinning together!)
All being well, next year Phebe will join us. I know Lilah will be thrilled to bring her along.
I think we just added a new yearly tradition to our Christmas list!
Today, Lilah and I, along with 7 other mothers and daughters met at the (very fancy) Château Laurier for Afternoon Tea! The adults had the "Holiday Tea" and the girlies had the "Princess Tea". It was all so very snazzy, complete with scones - devonshire cream and jam, finger sandwiches and delicious desserts like you wouldn't believe.
One of the Mamas decided that the eight little girls would sit at one table and the eight Mamas would sit at another table. Gosh that Mama has her head screwed on well, and of course the girlies loved their independance. One of the funnier moments of the afternoon was when one little girl needed to go to the ladies room and sure enough, all 8 of them paraded off to the washroom together...because you know kiddies, when one has to go, they all have to go! And us Mamas, we barely batted an eye! Well, we may have batted an eye when we saw the fancy schmancy sugar cubes being devoured! Ahem. Can anyone say 'sugar high!'?
It was a wonderful afternoon with wonderful friends.
(regarding the photo above: most of the girls are 6&7 years old, Lilah was the youngest at 4 years old - just in case you're curious about the difference in height!)
