Tea and other stuff

Pretty much my sole focus the past month has been preparing for the Ladies Tea at our church. And it happened, and it was gorgeous (I say, modestly)......and I didn't take a single picture. Not one. A friend snapped a few, but I'm so disgusted with myself. So, here's what I have:

A few playgroups ago at Gore Mansion. This was during the two weeks where Hudson wore mostly nothing but the pig costume. 

Henri helped assemble all the fabric flowers we used as napkin rings

A few of them

Coffee date

Mother's Day gem from Henri. Sleep is taken very seriously around here!

Hudson showing off his soccer socks from our neighbor.

Nightly homework

Friends have bought a house less than a mile from us! So excited. We walked down to check it out, then played at our favorite park which is 3 houses down from it.  

Found a beetle that looked like the Batman emblem. Hudson was pretty thrilled.

The flowers I used for the tea were hydrangeas and roses, so this was a fortuitous find at the thrift store (I painted the frame with chalk paint)

Lots of outside play, and all the little green inchworms are out and making instant pets to keep Hudson entertained. 

Sriracha on watermelon for lunch every day. So tasty in this heat!

Flowers at home

First fire of the season, just to make sure the pit still works. 

A few glimpses of the glory that was my table decor

Many, many hours of thrifting and crafting represented here. 

Food was catered by the ever-amazing Mrs. Abrams. Menu included artichoke parmesan bites, pimento cheese sliders, strawberry and brie and waffle skewers, a crustless quiche that featured bacon, avocado and cream cheese, salmon mousse on cucumber bites, a simple salad of candied nuts, orange sections, and greens, a fruit salsa with cinnamon chips, sugar cookies cut to look like teapots and bags, and cream cheese double chocolate cupcakes. 

Also, got access to the Flower Exchange indirectly and was supplied with an insane amount of flowers, easily triple what I ordered. It was almost over the top but looked awesome. If anyone wants a shabby chic/elegant rustic wedding decorated for, I can set you up haha. 

And then Monday we were gratefully back to our regular schedule and hanging with Hudson's best friends (and having a much needed decompression/gripe session with dear friends of my own....and drinking allllll the coffee). 

Not pictured, Henri had a concert and her school put on Peter Pan, Steve and I went to a strings recital, I have paint chips up all over the walls trying to decide hall, kitchen, and bathroom colors, and we have only 2 more weeks of school left!!!