Grapes and tea

Please forgive the lack of posts lately. We're settling into our new life of school, and I've been battling illness, so I haven't had extra energy for blogging.

Here, we have photographic evidence of this year's amazing grape harvest.

Last weekend, while I was resting and dealing with an ear and sinus infections, Stace and the girls cut the last of the grapes.

There were loads! A lot more than this, actually. We put out more to dry into raisins, and froze a good number, too.

Cora had the happy idea of organizing a tea party for us for dessert one evening last week. She worked on the hand-colored decoration for her makeshift tea tray in the afternoon, and then picked the mint for the tea from the garden.

Next to her knee, you can see her new kitty, which she bought with her very own money because when she saw it at CVS, she just had to have it.

She then turned Thumper over to Violet, who took the bunny everywhere for a few days (while calling him Bumper).