I don’t know what I would do without this game. I bought the Tea Party game in a store a few months ago. (It’s cheaper online, by the way.)

It is so pretty and well-designed, and the object of the game is to accumulate all one needs for a place setting at a tea party. Vivien loves it. When you land on dessert, players don’t all pick the same sweet. You can pick cake, a cinnamon bun, or a petit four. I have changed the rules to speed up play – we start with the plate, which makes it go faster. Vivien learns to take turns and she learns that sometimes she doesn’t win. Although when of us wins she will say, “We all won?” Well, yes, sort of. I think it has helped her be more patient.

Granted, it’s not a mind teaser for those over 7, but she has said to just about everybody who has walked into this house, “Want to play tea party?” And in her little voice, who could resist?