Mother's Tea

The Mother's Tea is a yearly tradition at Chapel Hill Children's School. We were on a family vacation and missed Allison's tea, but I attended Caroline's last year, and today I went to Will's. It is such a special day, and his face was just beaming. In the past they have held it in Wesley Hall, but this year they moved it to the classrooms. We had to wait outside the door until our child came and escorted us into the classroom and to our seat. There were beautiful table decorations, handmade place mats, delicious food, and, of course, tea. They started out by taking pictures of all the mothers and children, and the children sang some songs for us. It was adorable, and Will could not stop smiling at me. I kept thinking that it just does not get any better than this. After we ate, we played a little game. There was a wall gallery of drawings, and each child had drawn a picture of their mother and answered some generic questions about her. Each mother took a turn guessing which picture was done by their child, and after the guess, the child had to go and stand by the one that they really did. I actually guessed mine pretty quickly, because it looked just like all of his people pictures, except with slightly longer hair. He was so proud of it. Here are the answers that he gave to the questions about me.

I like it when my mom takes me places.
My mom makes me happy when she takes me to the Pumpkin Patch.

My mom smells as pretty as the kitchen.

My mom is as smart as Caroline and Allison!

He also made a beautiful picture of flowers for me. It was a special time, and I hope he remembers it for a very long time. I know I will! I included a picture of Caroline and me from the Mother's Tea last year. They had made hats for all the mother's to wear.