An English Tea Party!

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I took the girls, my stepmom Clare, and my mom out for tea at Lady Elegant's Tea Room in St. Paul. It was my birthday present to Clare who really enjoys tea. And I thought it would be so fun for Ella and Lily to have a REAL tea party!

There was a photographer there from the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The tea place had called me to let us know he would be there. A woman was writing an article about family getting together at the holidays and they asked if it would be all right if the photographer took a few photos of us during the tea.

Lily was petrified of him and said about two words the whole time he was in the room, which was for about half the tea. She opened up immensely once he left. The article appears in the St. Paul Pioneer Press today! Here are the photos attached to the online article: