Tear Extravaganza {2013 Edition}

 

 

So, this happened this week.

 

Yep. 

And......

This happened too.

 

In the same week.

sigh......

Is there not some Mommy Law out there that bans such practices?

It's tear overload, I tell you.

 

 

 

 

My little graduate was so proud of his big night.

Mommy was just a big weepy puddle.

I took photos of just about everything "last" thing I could think of at school on his last week.

Last walk to the playground.

Last day playing with his class friends.

Last stroll to his classroom.

Last carpool drop off.

 

But I digress.

 

 

 

 

He was so excited and a little nervous about his special part playing two bells instead of the one like all the other kids in his class.

But his music teacher was confident he could do it and mentioned to me more than once that we should have that video camera rolling for his part in the performance.

 

 

Front and center playing those bells....magnificently I might add.

My boy has an ear for music just like his daddy.

 

 

The three loves of my life all in one photo.

{No, the man in the background is not one of them. In case that was in question.}

 

Proud moment.
Our Little Family.

 

 

 

 

Oh how I love this handsome, sweet boy of mine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little mommy-assigned homework for my little graduate.

Fill in the blank, of course.

A questionnaire of all his current favorites.

You know,

for the scrapbook and all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, this happened too this week.

My boys had their TOT show and each earned their respective trophy and gold medal.

They waited all year for those awards.

Fun moment for them.

 

 We love our TOTS program!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And my little Reeves had his end of the year program.

In the same week.

See what I'm talking about here?

Big puddly mess of a mother.

 

 

 

 My little wild man.

Freesyle dancin' and all.

Entertaining to say the least!

 

 

So, it's been a tough week. Lots of "lasts" for us.

I, like most moms, want my babies to stay babies.

I'm sentimental and don't accept change well.

But, I'm projecting that I'm gonna get through my weepiness sometime in the very near future.

 

I do, though look forward to this new chapter ahead for my sweet boy.

He is super excited about being a first grader at a new school this coming fall with a whole new set of friends.

 

I may not get there quite as fast as he does, but I WILL get there.

Right??

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 And so with that, it's the start of another fun-filled, pull-my-hair-out summer with two of the very best boys I know!

I am one richly blessed momma!

 

 

 

 

 

Color Me Fun!

Loads of fun today with friends at The Color Run!

 

We behaved way less than our age and had a great time cutting up.

If one comes to your local area, I highly recommend you check it out with a group of friends. It's more of a social thang, so I do suggest not doing it solo.

 

 

 

The girls deemed the tutus "a must".

And since I was in the single digits the last time I donned one, I had no choice but to agree.
We had to make that happen.
Only felt like a dork for like maybe a second.

 

 Workin' our tutus....

 

 

 

 A little pre-race fun and photo opps.

 

In the zone.

 

Game face on.

 

 

 

A little motivation by way of the gal's tshirt in front of us.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Finish Line Festival.

Explosions of Color.  Music.  And busting moves with the locals.



 

 



I'm seeing showers in our very near future.

Color. Everywhere.

A few fruity drinks and some pizza to round out the day.

 



Great time today, girls!

Can't wait for the next go round!

 

 

Instagrammin'

So I got a wild hair a couple of weeks ago and finally jumped on the instagram bandwagon.
What can I say? I'm always an hour late to the party.

I am so happy I finally did it though!

I love the quickness of snapping photos of our daily life happenings and sharing them there. For some crazy reason it feels less "in your face" to me than posting on Facebook. Sometimes Facebook kinda weirds me out. I still post photos and updates there on my personal page from time to time, but again, I'm really enjoying the whole instagram thing these days.

If you're on there and ever interested in the highlights of our days around here, please feel free to follow along. I'll be trying to share some more behind the scenes snapshots of what's going on in the shop as well.

These are a few snippets of what I've been up to the past week.

In other news, I recently added a new keepsake box and a few new designs for the baby boys in the shop. I have a few other things for the girls in the works as well. 

Baby boy Baptism/Christening keepsake

Baby boy birth announcement keepsake

Daylight Savings started this past weekend and I for one, am so very happy about it! While I don't necessarily love the dark mornings, I do love having that extra daylight in the evenings to get out with my boys! Anxious for spring and a new t-ball season to begin with my little ones!

Enjoy your week, friends!

{SLAM DUNK} Party

These photos are long past due. I did a little party preview, um, about 6 or so months ago.

Yikes. Where has my life run off to?

 

Anyway, here are some detail photos of the party goodies. Unfortunately, while I love using our church as the party venue, there is not a single window in the building, thus making for lots of not-so-stellar flash photos. Oh well, whatcha gonna do, right?

 

I had a fun time putting this third birthday party together for my little one.

He is all boy and so far, appears to love the physicality of all athletics....well, as far as a three year old can, anyway.

 

 

 

Invitation: Front and back

 

 

 

Again, not loving my flash photography, but I think you can get the idea. I was going for an orange color theme, but not necessarily orangy photos.

 

{sigh....}

My little Birthday man.

 

 

 

Big Bro.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I stayed up way too late working on those jersey and basketball cookies.

My first attempt at cookie decorating.

I quickly discovered that cookie decorating is no joke. It takes some serious skill.

Kudos to all of the cookie artists out there. Definitely an art.

 

 

The cake was really great-looking in person. Again, not nearly as orange as it appears in the photos.

It was a light tan parquet floor design. Loved the wood grain look.

Black and white umpire stripes.

 

Overflowing goodies in the little black cabinet.

I was shooting for that locker room feel.

 

 

Little cupcakes perched on white "bleachers".

 

Shooters...gotta have shooters at a basketball party, right?

3 Point Cheesecake Shots 

 

Apple slices and vanilla bean dip.

A.K.A. Apple Slam Dunkers

The birthday boy's favorite drink is chocolate milk, hence the Sideline Sippers.

 

Ok, looking back on it now, I really do take way too much pleasure in coming up with "clever" names for party foods.

I'm kinda weird that way.

Table centerpieces.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome sign poster.

 



The party was more than six months ago and seeing my little birthday boy in these photos makes me all weepy.

He's growing up too fast.

I'm in constant amazement at how fast these early years really do go.

Doing my best to soak it all in....

 

 

 

Day 'O Love 2013

So, it's one of my very favorite holidays today! Yay! I'm a total sucker for all of the pink/red/heart/general love stuff you find in the stores this time of year.

It should be no surprise that I really get into all the class valentine stuff for my boys as well. Yeah, yeah, I know THEY are supposed to be doing it themselves and all, but really, what kind of momma would I be if I didn't give them a little help from time to time.

 

Rather than candy this year, Reeves took little snack packs of Pringles. We figured his little friends might like a little salty to go along with their sweet stuff.



Pierce and I did this little project together. I can't lie though. I had to literally force the boy to glue the hearts on the rocks and write out all his friend's names, but the boy DID do it.

He missed the craftiness gene somewhere along the way in life.

Turns out Plants vs. Zombies is wayyy more awesome then crafting.

Go figure.

 

 



 

The prayer rocks were a pinterest find.

 

 

My kindergartner is a total nut for sugary sweet cereals.

We keep the Cocoa Krispies company in business.

100% for sure about that.

 

 



We try to never forget the teachers on Valentine's Day either.

I came across this printable tag and went with it.
Cute, fast, easy.
 

We then filled the pint sized polka dot boxes with yes, bite sized brownies.

 



 

 

Happy Love Day, ya'll!!

xoxo