The girls and I have an annual tea party with my mom. Now, this is no ordinary tea party. It involves costumes, games, and all-around silliness. We started when the girls were 4 and 5. My mom keeps expecting them to tell her they're too old for the tea party, but they are already planning the '08 and '09 parties! This year's theme was The '80s. Our tea was actually Tang (big in the '80s - did you know you could still buy Tang? I didn't.) We had hot pockets for lunch (introduced in the '80s), listened to '80s music. Dressed up in '80s clothes (a quick look through my high school yearbook helped with that, plus watching VH1!)
'80s Chicks! Grandma was Alexis Carrington!
And, oh yeah -- Papa Smurf was there.
The Smurfs TV show was huge in the '80s. I could NOT stand the Smurfs. My college room-mate my freshman year watched the Smurfs every Saturday morning, and it drove me absolutely bonkers - a fact that I had long forgotten, but my Mom remembered. So, she made sure we had Smurfs at our tea party. For some reason, she thought it was SOOOO funny! LOL!
Next year's theme is Tea Party 3000 - (as in - the year 3000!)
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