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Friday, May 24, 2013

SCHOOL'S OUT!!!

It's been a great school year for all three of my little darlings but we are all very excited to be starting our summer break today!! Here's a little recap of the last few days for Nora & Charlie. I didn't get any pics of Graham because 6th graders are way too cool for moms with cameras.

headed to kindergarten graduation in style!

his moment at the mic

starting out the candle tradition with a candle in his quesadilla!

I've been meaning to make my kids these shirts for the last day of school since Graham was in kindergarten. I FINALLY did it! Charlie had a great year!! We are REALLY going to miss his AWESOME, ADORABLE, AMAZING teacher.

Nora had a great year too! STRAIGHT As ALL YEAR deserves a candle in her spaghetti for sure!!

We took these jars of chocolate covered pomegranates to the teachers on the last day. I tied on a little chevron scoop from Sucre Shop and I confess it was really hard for me to give those adorable scoops away. I'll be ordering a set for myself right away. Aren't they the cutest?

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

LET"S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Happy Last Day of School!!

Today is the last day of kindergarten, 4th grade and 6th grade for us. I am SO EXCITED for summer!! I am thrilled that we will get to sleep in, swim, and do a whole lot of nothing for a few months!! We need to make our SUMMER LIST but the first thing I want to do when I get home from all the parties after school today is take a long nap!! The last week of school is exhausting!! I was supposed to be "closed" this week but I've been working more than ever in between shuffling kiddos. I got so behind last week that I really needed to catch up and all of my fabulous customers that have ordered the Oklahoma Heart spirals have kept me at my computer setting up mini notebooks for the past few days. I'm so excited about all those orders coming in. This pile is just from the first batch I did.

They turned out so cute and I'm so excited to be able to donate $5/set to tornado victims in Moore, OK.

I'm still working on cleaning out old picture files. Here are some product pics from weeks past...

quatrefoil chevron garden flag

charger wraps

post it note holder

dry erase board

mini basketball hoop

garden flag

art party invite

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Feeling so grateful...

***This post was originally written for yesterday but with all the heartache in Oklahoma, I decided to postpone it. Now looking over it, I realize how blessed I am to have spent these little moments with my kids. I know I often complain about how busy things get with three kids and all their activities but after watching the news over the past few days it puts it all in perspective. I need to cherish each of these moments...

May is always a super busy month for us and this past weekend was no exception. Here's a little instagram/phone dump weekend in review.

We started the weekend off with our final Fountain Drink Friday of the school year. This is the last week of Kindergarten, 4th grade and 6th grade for the Jameison Party of Five. Once again, another school year has flown by and I can't believe it's over!

We are NOT a "fest" family and we were so busy this weekend but we found out mid-week that G had artwork at Mayfest so we squeezed in a little trip downtown. We searched and searched, had a very disappointing crepe experience and spent a fortune on ice cream and thanks to a text from my friend Julie, we finally found the right building. Here's Graham outside the LOCKED door. We were hours too late.

Nathan and Graham got up and went back the next morning while I got Nora all dolled up for her dance recital. I took a picture of her in the car...

struttin' her stuff on the way in...

with her parentals...

but failed to take a single cute pic of her dancing or by herself posing in her usual sassy dance pose. Dance Recital Fail. Better luck next year.

After the recital we did a little family birthday dinner with the addition of one of her friends that I think has been at every birthday dinner since they were 4!

My favorite part of the weekend was that Nora asked if she could have a "sleepover" with me for her birthday. XOXOXO. Of course, I said yes and kicked Nathan out.

Sunday was her actual birthday and we did another round of birthday cake with extended family.

It was a fun weekend but we were all exhausted. Here's how Charlie felt about the whole thing:

Monday, May 20, 2013

Praying...

My heart literally aches for the people of Moore, Oklahoma. I cannot imagine facing such tragedy and my heart goes out to them all, especially the parents of those babies in the elementary school. Heavy, heavy heart.