REAL tea party!

Pearl had Makayla over today for a playdate, and we decided to have a REAL tea party with real tea cups and a real teapot and real tea (well, real grape juice) and scones! They had a blast, it's funny to see them practicing to be polite. We called up Grandma Hulbert, and she came over for a scone too (they were AWESOME - best recipe I've tried yet). The girls got all ready (Pearl even waved her magic wand at me to give me a sparkly dress) and picked flowers for the decorations while I made the scones. I think their favorite part was putting their own butter and jam on their scones, and of course, pouring their own tea!



Scones
(adaped from Williams-Sonoma Bread cookbook)
In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine:
2 cups flour
1 T sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

With a pastry blender, mix dry ingredients. Then, blend in 4 T chilled butter cut into pieces until it looks crumbly. Add 2/3 cup cream whisked together with 2 eggs all at once, stir to form a sticky batter. Knead in bowl a few times. Divide dough in half, shape into two discs (approx 6 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick). Cut into 4 wedges each and separate. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Serve with butter and jam.

It does make me feel like mom of the year to do these things for Pearl. Don't worry, though. It doesn't happen that often. And now I'm tired:)