Mother's Day

 Yes, I know I will get points taken off my grade for submitting late assignments.  

Meanwhile.  I determined a few years back that if I wanted things in the world to be the way I wanted them to be, I would need to do it myself.  I had an idea for celebrating myself for Mother's Day and moved ahead. I invited both my daughters and both my daughter in-laws, both my granddaughters and step granddaughters, as well as their mother  and mother in-laws to tea. Only my youngest daughter and granddaughter had room in their busy schedules. I made the reservations. 

The facility shared this photo of the scones baked that morning. 

Not only was the reservation for a special Mother's Day Tea, but there were ADD ONS.  Of course I signed up for the optional Flower Bar and optional Mimosa Bar! 

We dressed up and arrived on time. We had a champagne bucket on the table and a glass of sparkling grape juice for my granddaughter. 

This was also posted by the facility. 

The menu was scrumptious (as usual).  My daughter and I each chose our favorite pot of tea and my granddaughter had a whole tea pot of hot chocolate.

These are my actual sandwiches, clockwise from bottom, Chicken Salad Croissant, Pumpkin Bread, Shredded Carrot Bruschetta (which was a baked sandwich with a cheese sauce), Carmelized Onion Jam with Apple on White, Turkey and Cranberry Cream Cheese on White, Egg Salad on Wheat and Bacon, White Cheddar and Roasted Tomato on Wheat.  Each one was as good as the next. 

Our table was very full!!! 

They do offer a smaller "Princess" plate for children but my granddaughter prefers the tiered tray for adults. 

The middle tiers were slightly different. Mine showcases the Blondie (My girls had a chocolate peanutbutter brownie), a Fruit Cookie, Chocolate Brownie, and a scone. 

And the top tier featured Homemade Canoli, Strawberry Shortcake and Almond Layer Cake which was something I am still dreaming about. 

Now let's talk about the Mimosa Bar. 

We had decided that a bottle for $25 was a better bargain than two glasses for $20. Neither of us is a drinker, but this was a special occasion! There was lots of fresh fruit and mixers. 

We tried champagne with orange juice, cranberry juice and pink lemonade. My daughter's favorite was pink lemonade and my favorite was cranberry juice. We did not try the syrups. 

My daughter as maitre 'd. 

Posing my champagne glass. 

Sparkling Grape Juice. 

The Cranberry Mimosa. 

As you can tell I was enthralled with the Champagne Bar.  I was documenting for future parties and celebrations.  Then I went to my cardiologist appointment a few weeks ago and found that my newest forever prescriptions require zero alcohol and this was my final hurrah. We are slowing down my heart rate and blood pressure to ease the strain on my heart and alcohol will reduce it further to dangerous levels. 

Now on to the Flower Bar. This was my first flower bar, too, and I was very impressed. 

We had lots of flowers to chose from. 

Of course I purchased the Flower Bar for everyone. 

We all chose our own flowers. 

The ribbons were to tie your bouquet together.

 

The bouquets actually lasted over two weeks. 

Happy Mother's Day!  

(and don't worry - Mr Merry drove us to the tea and my daughter's husband picked us up afterwards).