I think first birthdays are mostly for the parents, since the babies don't have real friends yet...I haven't planned my daughter's, but besides the requisite cake for her to mess up, it might should involve drinking for the adults. Yes, I think that will be the plan!
I should probably keep my thoughts for tomorrows UO... but I'm anti big birthday parties for littles. I might change my tune at 2 or 3, but we're going to keep things quiet for as long as we can.
Nothing fancy happening for my LO. We'll get a cake, a smash cake for him, and have family over to our house. No big theme, no firehall rental, just a simple get together.
If he were a summer baby, it would be a cookout, but it will have to be an inside gathering.
Post by ineedmorecoffee on Jan 28, 2015 13:44:06 GMT -5
Ours are always not too huge because they are just family and a few friends. I love decorating for them though, and always make my own cake. I'm thinking pink and gold and sparkly
Oh and of course booze for the adults! Always booze.
Post by songbirdsinging55 on Jan 28, 2015 14:39:39 GMT -5
I am thinking small with a cute theme. I have a big immediate family so maybe just a family gathering with some cake and fun stuff for him. Music and bright colors.
No idea, our family is huge. Even with just family and close friends that could easily be 30-40 people my house is tiny, so probably just something at my parents.
Probably just a small gathering with family maybe a friend or two, just keeping it simple. This is going to sound bad but I can't wait for my nephews birthday next year. He's a leap-day baby so we are going to try and throw something super fun for it since he'll finally be 1, I mean 4 .
We will probably do a combined birthday party for the kids with just our family. DD turns 2 on October 22nd and DS turns 1 on November 14th. Right now I'm thinking maybe a zoo animal theme? I know DD would enjoy that and I don't think DS would object.
I should probably keep my thoughts for tomorrows UO... but I'm anti big birthday parties for littles. I might change my tune at 2 or 3, but we're going to keep things quiet for as long as we can.
I did a big first birthday with DS1, but it was all family. We have pretty big families. Everyone in my family does big birthdays regardless of age plus I like parties no matter the occasion.
I have not begun to think about DS2's first birthday though. DS1 was winter ONEderland since he was born in December. Snowman/Snowflake themed with a hot chocolate bar. And yes there was adult beverages to spike your hot chocolate with!
I appreciate any excuse to throw a party. We don't have any family nearby, but we have a lot of local friends, so DS1's party was big. Including kids we had close to 70 people (but it didn't feel like it because a lot of them were non-mobile babies). I made a big burrito bar and a variety of desserts. And of course lots of wine and beer. It didn't feel much different from our normal adult parties, except that we sang happy birthday. For decorations we just had a happy birthday banner, and we decorated one wall with a photo from each month of his life. We had a photo book made with his month photos and people signed it. It was great fun all around.
I don't really ever want to do themed kids parties, or parties that feel like kids parties. When I was growing up my birthday parties always included all my parents' friends in addition to mine. I never wished my parties were more kid-like, if you know what I mean. I plan to follow the same pattern.
Until my kids tell me I'm a horrible mom and they just want a damn birthday party without all my aging friends around, lol. Then I guess I'll negotiate.
We did a big 1st birthday for DD, so we'll do the same for DS. It's a Korean tradition to make a big deal about it. I don't want to think or start planning before July though. I have big events almost every month until then, so I'm trying not to spread myself too thin.
I've seen some cute ideas on Pinterest. I love the little princess crowns and decorated high chairs. Smash cakes are adorable. I love celebrations with family and friends but I'm soaking up all of her teeny tiny self for right now!
Post by rosieb0514 on Jan 28, 2015 23:45:48 GMT -5
We have picked a theme. While I was pregnant we always said that our code word for going into labor was "rodeo", but since I was induced we never got to use it. We thought it would be fun to do a cowboy/rodeo theme birthday. I found some easy pinterest ideas that can be done without being over the top. I am in love with the onesie that says "This is my first rodeo!"
Post by ninergirl52 on Jan 29, 2015 2:29:34 GMT -5
We are not into birthdays either, at least not big parties. We'll likely have just immediate family over for Lo's 1st. Which will still be a lot of people as my family is pretty big.
My family is huge if I invte all of them plus DH's side we would be inviting over 50 people. I'm debating on inviting friends. We would have to rent space because my house can't hold everyone, we did the same thing for her Baptism.
Post by tarynleann on Jan 29, 2015 22:12:25 GMT -5
I already have a theme. And some decor pinned on pinterest. I planned ds' s when he was 6 months old! It was fun! There were 75 people there. I'm just hoping 2nd baby getsome as much attention!
Post by kimstargazer1986 on Jan 30, 2015 22:46:06 GMT -5
We will probably do something small. We did a ladybug theme for dd, but we also had her be a ladybug for Halloween since her birthday was a few days before. If we do a theme it will probably be related to their costumes also.
We probably won't do anything big. We have no family where we live either, so it may be just us and a few friends for pizza and cake. I don't really believe in big parties for really little kids either. They won't remember it anyway. But, to each his own.
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