Teddy Bear Tea

We took Lilly to the Teddy Bear Tea at the Roosevelt Hotel last Saturday. They had the ballroom all done up with lighted trees, a holiday house backdrop and had Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, and Snow Princess in attendance. Lilly slept in and got up at 8AM and we needed to be there for 10AM. So getting her to nap would be a tricky thing, so we tried to keep her up, in her pajamas, and not too cranky. Well, we accomplished two out of the three, the crankiness came because she was tired and not allowed to sleep! So we put her in a holiday dress and white sweater and piled into the car. Traffic around the hotel was backed up, as loads of cars, including ours, waited to valet. That should have been our first clue, as to it might have taken a while to get our car back, but with Lilly, she fell asleep in the car, snoozing, we wanted to be able to pull right up and get right out.

We were meeting our friends and their kids, so there were three babies and six adults. The menu called for assorted teas, tea sandwiches ( the applewood smoked bacon quiche was the best!), champagne and mimosas, hot chocolate (really it was a kid's drink but Mark opted for it) delicious cookies, petit fours, and other assorted goodies (the small red velvet cupcake was the best). Anyway, Lilly was a trooper. She didn't appear overwhelmed by the people and new setting. She didn't get freaked out by Santa or Mrs. Claus. She spit up once on me. But other than that she kept her bodily functions to herself. She spent time on our shoulders and laps.

It was great to be there with our friends and their kids. It was a lot of fun, put us in the holiday spirit ( they had a parade of characters in and a second line parade out). We got our picture taken with Mrs. Claus but opted not to wait in a much longer line and get it done with Santa. We weren't getting much smiles from her as it was so it was just as well! But she (as did the other kids) looked precious, all dressed up in their holiday outfits. It's something we hope to make a yearly tradition (definitely won't mind eating those red velvet cupcakes!) with Lilly and our friends. At the end of it, each child get's a teddy bear, and with most stuff these days, as soon as she got it, it went straight to her mouth.

And then she fell asleep in the car. And slept, after we got home, for another two hours!