{"id":13664,"date":"2015-07-24T19:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T00:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=13664"},"modified":"2015-07-24T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T01:10:29","slug":"13664","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=13664","title":{"rendered":"Tea house and song garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eve and I celebrated our last &#8220;girls only&#8221; week with a trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesonggarden.com\/\">The Song Garden and Tea House<\/a>. It was so cute and sweet. They have a little house all set up for tea, lots of options, books, adorable doll table, and more. Eve loved it!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-20150724_101812_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20150724_101812_HDR.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-20150724_101812_hdr.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the tea house.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437784991505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437784991505\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437784991505.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">First things first, we set Grace (Eve&#8217;s American Girl) and her reindeer up with tea. There were lots of other dolls and stuffed animals there to join them.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785007294.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437785007294\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785007294.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea and biscotti for me, hot chocolate and cookies for Eve.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The woman who runs the place was there briefly. We asked her about a neat crystal on the table and she gave us a whole lesson in using a pendulum to answer life&#8217;s important questions. It was a fun experience. She said it works with any heavy object on a string, not just crystals, so Eve turned her necklace into a pendulum and we continued the fun at home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785016363.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437785016363\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785016363.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Consulting the pendulum on life&#8217;s biggest questions.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we finished with our tea and fortune telling, we headed outside to pick some flowers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785027246.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437785027246\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785027246.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The back of the tea house. They had two outdoor seating areas as well. The whole place was very cute.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785056880.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437785056880\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785056880.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I told Eve she had to smile for a picture our else I wouldn&#8217;t buy her any flowers. :)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785069542.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437785069542\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785069542.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turns out I like this picture better.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785077871.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1437785077871\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437785077871.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"270\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happiness is. (Eve likes to make &#8220;American Girl teeth&#8221; when she smiles. Pure silliness.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This sweet outing took us all morning, so we stopped at Panera Bread on the way home for lunch.  It was a wonderful end to the girly week we&#8217;ve had together.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eve and I celebrated our last &#8220;girls only&#8221; week with a trip to The Song Garden and Tea House. It was so cute and sweet. 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