Not All Is Lost....

Rhea has a lot of pretend "tea parties/birthday parties" with her pretend food. She'll arrange a table in her room with cups and saucers and "cake" and "cookies".

So every now and then Fiona and I get invited to a fairly elaborate tea party, with plastic tea cups and saucers and pretend food.
Rohan and Ryan get invited too, but since they don't usually listen to Rhea,and repeatedly try to eat the pretend food , Rhea's pretend tea party can deteriorate pretty quick when they are around.
Not to mention that they DO NOT get the whole pretend food thing...They believed her a couple of times when she said they were going to have "cake". And there was a time where they were playing in the backyard, and Rhea offered Rohan a (mud) "pie", which he promptly tasted.

But, I digress...

In any case, rohan was playing with Rhea's "tea pot" yesterday.
"I eating"...
To which Fiona said why dont you get a tea cup from Rhea's room. Dont' encourage them to play with tea cups i thought.
Rohan went inside and returned with a spoon.
"I eating...."
Fiona: Rohan that's not a cup...thats a spoon..go get a tea cup..
Rohan returned with a fork.
Fiona: Oh my god..I can't believe you boys don't know what a tea cup is..
At this point Ryan decided that *HE* would go get a cup, and raced inside.
Fiona: That's right Ryan, go get a tea cup from Rhea's room...
Ryan returned triumphantly, and held up his hand, in which he held ....
a POTATO.

That's my boy(s)!!!!
So not all is lost. Yes they may fight over spatulas , but there is hope..