PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune
Bennett Macchiarella was one of the guests at a tea for kindergarten classes at Warren-Walker School.
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Watching the parents was almost as much fun as watching the kids.
Almost.
The kindergarten children were completely captivating, but their moms and dads and grandparents were a treat to see as they crowded the corners and peered through the doors and windows of the classrooms where their youngsters were sipping tea.
The holiday tea party at the Warren-Walker School on the Point Loma Peninsula was hosted by headmistress Pamela Volker and by room parents Britt Buss, Annika Kovtun, Janice Pasquill and JoJo Platt.
Teachers of the two kindergarten classes were Kitty McDaniel and Sandra Campbell.
Students in McDaniel's class were Ian Ayres, Emily Bowden, Olivia Buss, Sienna Droback, Sophie Dye, Kailie Giebink, Emma Greenberg, Evan Khalil, Mikael Kovtun, T. Will Mann, Marshall McCrobie, Olivia Poole, George Riffle, Frank Rogozienski IV, and David Wylie.
In Campbell's class were Ryann Brown, Jackson Daubner, Diego Eros, Michael Ingraham, Lauren Kaplan, Rein Kingsbury, Nathaniel Lee, Caroline Llanes, Michaela Lucas, Bennett Macchiarella, David Niddrie, Joseph Pasquill, Mackenzie Platt, Jared Ramsauer, and Armen Tumanov.
Pouring and serving were former kindergarten teachers Kathy Alameda and Suzie Babakhanian; Parents Association members Stephanie Wylie and Gayle Nuffer; and Diane Neil, a Spanish and drama teacher at Warrren-Walker. Raymond Volker acted as a very grand major domo.
The party – patterned after an English afternoon tea – was the highlight of an imaginary trip around the world that was part of a social studies class.
The boys and girls were polished to a high luster for the occasion. Olivia Buss, for example, wore a dress of green velvet and plaid taffeta, the cuffs trimmed with a fringe of ostrich. And Sophie Dye was in peppermint-stick stripes with a pleated collar.
The kids treated the Earl Grey Tea with some reserve. It was, apparently, an acquired taste they hadn't yet acquired.
Several of them spooned the liquid from the cup. Others picked up the cup and drank the tea in the usual way, but without great enthusiasm.
Scones and crustless sandwiches and sugared tea cakes were a different matter. They were eagerly consumed.
The tiny sandwiches had cucumber or other grown-up fillings.
But there were some peanut butter and jelly, too.
