Last week my granddaughter came for a visit without parents or sibling. We had a terrific time going to the beach, riding rides at an amusement park, swimming at her Aunt’s pool and best of all having a “grown up” tea party. We wore hats and boas — what fun!

Of course we’d had many, many make-believe tea parties before but this was her first real one. It turns out she really doesn’t like tea very much but that didn’t matter. She loved scones — perhaps it was the clotted cream. All in all she, her cousin, myself and a few other “grandmas” had a great time.