Tea with Mr. and Mrs. Claus

We are really into the Christmas spirit,

and Mr. Claus has arrived to help

get the season going.

Invitations had been sent out, inviting the

little ones to come to tea with Mr. and Mrs.

Claus, with chocolate dipping afterwards, with

the parents.

This would be happening at 

Mrs. Claus's Chocolate Factory.

Sometimes busy parents needs a reminder.

(Both invitations were made easy on Picmonkey.)

Mr. and Mrs. Claus were in the entry ready for 

their little guests.

(Notice my new boots I got last year.)

Everyone got their picture taken with Mr. Claus.

Then they all went into the kitchen to

write a letter to Papa Claus (Grandpa) with

their pens that we got from the Candy Cane Inn

last week at Disneyland.

Some of the letters were sooooo funny. One

darling granddaughter asked for him

to get his hair back for Christmas!!!

Then Papa Claus changed into Chef Claus for

the tea party.

There was an abundance of candy canes

and we showed off our hard to get

Candy Cane from Disneyland.

(Papa thought that standing in line to get

the wristband and then going back later

meant we got a free candy cane!!  Haha,

no, this is a giant handmade candy cane

that they charge $15 for, but we got two

and we were able to

see them making some.)

We used our same table setting from 

Mickey's 90th Birthday Party, 

but now we multiplied it to fit

11, and we swapped out goblets

for cocoa mugs.

The menu included turkey and cheese finger sandwiches,

PB&J finger sandwiches, raspberries, strawberries

and blueberries, meringues and macarons.

My stackable Chiavari chairs are more

slim-lined than my normal chairs,

so the table was able to fit everyone.
Were they excited or what?

After everyone ate, Chef Claus made mini

peppermint shakes that Mrs. Claus had

dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.

The chocolate dipping was a bit chaotic and

extremely messy, but the kids had a lot of fun.

(When in doubt, remove the clothes!)

I normally dip in the large mechanized

chocolate dipping machine, but we had so many

little hands in there, that I went back to the way

I learned to dip, with an electric fry pan, and I

did the serious dipping while they had fun.

My oldest daughter pictured here with

her oldest and youngest usually helps with

the serious dipping, but they were home

trying to get their new home ready for a

final inspection.  Little one sure wanted

to get her hands on some chocolate.

You can see Papa has switched into

another holiday outfit so that he didn't ruin

his Santa outfit.

It was quite the party!

Thanks for stopping by to visit us during

this wonderful Christmas season.

I will be posting with

Tablescapes Thursday

Dishing It and Digging It