Tea Time with Grandma

Grandma Hirst joined us for tea this afternoon and we had such a great time. She brought with her four teacups to add to our set (we've had a couple of teacup casualties over the past year or so). It was fun listening to her share what she remembered about each cup...and when she couldn't remember something about a particular cup, Abby told her that it was OK because SHE had a story now "This is the cup that my Grandma Hirst gave me at one of our tea parties".



The funniest part of our tea party came from a silly dictionary game. We would open the dictionary and with eyes closed point to a word that described ourselves. Not surprisingly, my mom landed on the word Divinity. I've always known she was holy, but it took on a new meaning when Webster told me so. ha ha

Ironically, I landed on the word Ferry - "A service for transporting persons..." That seemed only fitting since I'm known for "wearing" my children (either in a snuggly or a backpack).

Abby's first word was Mattress, which could be appropriate considering her brothers love to jump on her. However, I believe her 2nd word was more fitting: Chip off the old block - "A person who strongly resembles one parent in appearance or character." Hmmmmm....I wonder which parent she most resembles. My mom couldn't help but laugh at that one.

This cup was given to my mom by her best friend Marie Earnhardt. What an honor for Abby to use such a special cup!
This was one of my favorites growing up. I remember it sitting in the china hutch behind my seat at the dinner table when I was a little girl.
This is the cup who's story we can't remember, but are happy to begin a new story "The cup from Grandma Hirst"
This was Great-Grandma McQuire's favorite cup.