afternoon tea please

As I was cruising around looking at all the places we want to eat while we are staying with the Mouse in the spring... I came across an Afternoon Tea at Disney's Grand Floridian. Seriously?? Mickey has a tea?? Well who would have thunk it?

Jokingly I asked my sweetest of sweets Kira is she wanted to go while we were there. Imagine my surprise when she said yes! Looks like she really did have a great time when we had our Mommy and Me Tea in May.

Then she again surprises me and asks if Nana can join us. oh well then... I shall ask.

Of course Nana was all for it. Especially since it was granddaughter asking.

Once I can make the reservations, we shall have tea for three all the while enjoying being at my favorite resort on the Disney property.

And I will mention that I have never once set foot inside the resort and only stopped by it going to another resort. I fell in love with the Grand Floridian as they were building it. I watched it go up in the ads that were in the magazines (no internet then) and was totally awestruck when I got to see it in person riding the ferry across the Seven Seas Lagoon. It certainly doesn't hurt that the Grand Floridian is where the wedding chapel is and I have seen a few lucky brides having their dream wedding there.

As I was talking to my mom, I mentioned I was going to make a break for the wedding chapel to check it out and was wondering if the resort would mind. Then she said we could say we are checking it out for Kira. But of course!! Where else would my princess get married??

And it goes without saying that she WILL be riding to the chapel in the crystal carriage (with mom and Nana!!) Kira laughed and said something along the lines of... what? you're already planning my wedding? ummm... yes sweetheart we are.

christmas card and tea time

Yes it is that time of the month again where I share a wonderful sketch and a completed Christmas card. I am so loving this group I am a part of and all the inspiration they send out via the internet. I am also very happy that I now have 25 Christmas cards already created and ready to head out to family and friends!! Such a wonderful feeling.

Here is this month's sketch. Doesn't it totally rock??

And here is my take on the sketch. I used a holiday stack I picked up at Michaels recently (as in last year recently) I also used two of my new to me Studio G stamps that I bought off of a scrapping friend. Isn't he the cutest?? I colored in his scarf to match the colors in the card. Trying to figure out why that green snowflake looks so out of place in the picture. It really is the same green as the rest of them.

On last Saturday, I had the pleasure of having a tea with my little lady at the towns rec center. Seriously.... they put on this amazing event with all the money raised going to the local hospital and their womens center so that any woman with or without insurance can go in and have a mammogram and a PAP smear. What a wonderful thing to do.

Kira picked out her own outfit and I was so happy to see this one on her as it is one of my all time favorites I bought for her. Daddy took pictures of us before we left. If you look closely, you'll not only see that she is almost as tall as me!! How the heck did that happen?? But my left ankle is quite large. Yup, I twisted it at the school on Thursday. At the same time I fell on my right knee and palms. I'm sure it was pretty graceful.... NOT!! I tried to disguise the ankle brace with a pair of leggings. I don't think it fooled anyone.

Anywho... the tea was so wonderful. They gave us a lesson on drinking tea and had a bunch of vendors for us to look at and shop at. Plus some raffles which I am happy to say we won!! We have a gift certificate to a local bookstore and a new bulletin board!!

After the tea, I took Kira shopping for some new summer clothes as hers are a tad bit on the short side. I don't think she should be running around in daisy dukes so she needed new shorts. There was a nice sale at Justice and we did pretty well. The best part?? The most amazing time with my girl. We had so much fun. Love that little munchkin of mine.

I need to get my Mother's Day pictures off of the other camera and post them. Keep your eyes posted!!