Tiaras and Tea

Today was the wedding day of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. To celebrate we went to a Royal Wedding Tea. We invited friends to join us. We dressed up for the occasion with jewelry and tiaras. The weather was rainy, so I let Marina use by fancy raincoat, which she loved.

When we arrived, our friends were already there. We were seated at a pretty table right away. Our server remembered us from previous tea parties there. We had choices between Royal Wedding Tea and White Wedding Tea.

We were all hungry, so when the food arrived we all dug in. The sandwiches were wonderful, as usual, and we all enjoyed our scones. The sweets featured a lemon cake, which was amazing!

As we enjoyed our tea, the owner came by our table. She said she was happy to see us again. She did a few drawings for prizes. She had trouble reading the numbers on the tickets, so she had Marina help her on some of them.

After we finished our tea we said goodbye to everyone and went home.

Tea Time

Marina and I didn't have plans for lunch today, so I suggested we have high tea. She was very enthusiastic about that idea. I made reservations for us at a small British shoppe suggested by a friend. Marina dressed up, including a pretty hat. She also brought Grace along in a matching dress.

When we arrived we saw our table was reserved. We started by picking out our tea. I got butterscotch flavor and Marina picked chocolate orange. Marina enjoyed hers once enough sugar was added. We enjoyed all the British memorabilia around the store, including a cut out Queen Elizabeth.

We started our tea with a nice salad. Then we were brought cucumber sandwiches, egg salad and sausage rolls. It was a lot of food and despite eating as much as we could there was plenty left over. Then we each enjoyed a scone with clotted cream and jam. We finished off with French pastries. Marina happily devoured a rich chocolate one.

As we ate, we chatted with our server who was born in England. We asked her about traditional English tea and the royal family gossip. It was a lovely way to have lunch.

Princess Moment

Disney Channel is having a Princess Moment contest. To enter, you have to submit a 45 second video of your daughter performing a 30 second clip of a princess song. Marina immediately wanted to do it - especially when she heard that first prize was a trip to London to see Rapunzel's coronation at Westminster Abbey.

One of my coworkers, Luke, offered to film it for us. He was a film major is college and he has professional experience and equipment. Marina had a great time recording the video and even more meeting their pets. She chose the Rapunzel song to perform.

After the filming, Luke did some editing. Here's the result:



Marina says she thinks she's going to win the contest. Even if she doesn't, we had fun making it and a nice video as a memory!