Plum Pudding

One of our favorite Christmas adventures was having plum pudding at the Flavel House with Nana and Papa. We arrived around 1pm on a rainy Saturday and stayed to close the place. The house is located in our downtown and is is a gorgeous historic site. Although we have lived here for years, J and Toe had never actually been inside.

Toe wanted to watch the introductory movie about the history of the river bar pilot, shrewd businessman and community member who built the house for his retirement (and lived in it under a decade). We then went and had tea and plum pudding at a large table with many guests.

Toe was well behaved and did a great job at tea. He used his manners, participated in conversation, and tried really hard to remember to drink from his tea cup and not his spoon.

After tea, we wandered through the house. The rooms are amazing - beautiful details and well restored. Toe was happy to wander through the rooms until we reached the children's room where there were period toys to explore - that's where we stopped... and stayed.

There were binocular viewers similar to the ViewMaster of my childhood, tops, checkers, and many other distractions. Toe was fascinated and we spent the afternoon sitting at a children's table, catching up with Nana and Papa, watching Toe play.

It was a perfect way to spend a rainy December afternoon.