A Mad Hatter's Tea Party!

We finished reading Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass this week and had our  reading party so I wanted to quickly share some pictures from it.

Here's a few of our decorations:

Table

Close Up

A main dish was hard. I really just wanted to do little tea party sandwiches, but knew I'd have three sick kids tomorrow if I did. Near the end of Through the Looking Glass, they mentioned eating Mutton and the kids asked what it was so I decided I'd make chicken, (say it was mutton) add some mushrooms and call it good. The side dishes were easier, but not by much.  Here are some pictures of our food:

The Whole Spread

Fruit Caterpillar

Garden of Talking Flowers

Tea Party Tarts

Thanks to Edna for the yummy homemade ice cream!

Potion

We all dressed up as a character again. This year I thought way ahead and was able to grab some things for half off after Halloween:

Our Alice

Cheshire Cat

Don't let the Clock fool you, it's not Flavor Flav, but the White Rabbit who's late for a very important date!!

A Mad Mad Hatter

The Queen of Hearts and "Asa Hearts" (Also known as Ace OF Hearts)

"Mess with the Queen of Hearts an answer to me" ;)

 We ended the night by watching the animated Alice In Wonderland! It was the first time the kids had ever seen it so we had a great time.  Can't believe our final party of the summer is over. Guess I can officially start looking for next year's books.