The Queen and The Princess Take Tea

I waited for this day for six years

Ever since 2013 when first Granddaughter Lucy was born

And it finally came to be

A real Tea Party at a Tea Room With Lucy

We decided before we went that we would be a Queen and a Princess -

Nana would be Queen while Lucy was a Princess!

Our tea room of choice

The Mad Hatter in Anoka, Minnesota

I made reservations in June -- I wanted to be sure that there was room at the tea

table for the Queen and the Princess!

We were seated at a lovely table for two

And Lucy had her very own menu!

Which had entertainment on the back

Our server came and poured first Lucy's tea

Princess Tea

Her first sip.

She pronounced it "outstanding"

with notes of strawberry, lemon and mint!

And "Pinkies Up, Nana"

When I inquired as to how she knew that she replied,

"I'm a tea expert!"

Happy Smiles at her first "grown up" tea!

Our first of many birthday teas!

Lucy had the Children's Tea -- 

three sandwiches, a cupcake and applesauce

cucumber, brie and apple and turkey

I had the full tea -- savories, scones, sweets

My curate

(although I will admit that they got the scone and sandwiches courses mixed up --

it should be sandwiches on the bottom, scones in the middle and sweets on top -- you eat your way up the curate!)

My sandwiches -- cucumber, lemon caper dill, chicken salad on an orange blossom muffin,  old fashioned peas and cheese in a phyllo cup and blueberry, basil, brie bruschetta

A lavender orange scone and a vanilla scone served with lemon curd, orange marmalade and cream

(Lucy ate my vanilla scone but I got even, I ate her cucumber sandwich!)

A chocolate orange cupcake, a lemon cupcake and a jam tart!

We both were full and brought our desserts home!

Lucy stopped to admire the toadstools!

We both agreed that we would do this next year for her birthday!
We've started a tradition and what a great tradition it is!

On the way home . . . 

In the backseat . . . 

Having tea with a Queen wears the Princess out!