First birthday parties

[sandandsea]

Lets liven up the board a little. Now that we are only a couple of months away, What is your plan for LOS first bday? Something big, something small? Themes? Share it all here!

[sandandsea]

We don't really have a plan yet. We are camping at the beach the weekend after his bday so I'm thinking we will celebrate then just as a family of four. For ds1s first we had a winter onederland party with my extended family at our Christmas dinner that was on his bday. We just did decorations and cupcakes so it wasn't a big deal but it was fun. I love parties and themes and things though!

[chriskoo]

We're planning a flamingo theme for DD's first. I'm struggling with the guest list. I'd love to keep it to just DH's and my immediate family - that would be about 10 people total, which I think would be sweet and intimate. DH is pushing for our aunts/uncles/cousins etc. to be included, as well as some of our friends and their kids. The number quickly gets out of control and would be so many that we wouldn't be able to have it in our backyard. I know he's just excited but I also know I'm the one stuck doing all the work. The discussion continues lol

[chriskoo]

sandandsea a family camping birthday sounds awesome!

[Kevinmac]

DH mentioned a party on DS' birthday-it's a Saturday. We have a huge summer party every year, but this will be a bit smaller. DH will treat it as our party, but I'll run with a July 4th theme (7/4 is my birthday) and make it more of a birthday party for DS. I have a great idea for a smash cake.

[packerfan4life]

We'll have 2 couple friends and their kids over. It'll be low key. No theme. I'll make a cake.
Same thing we did for DD1 (although my parents flew out for her bday). We move a week after DD2's birthday so we may do a family thing after we move

[greysonsmom]

My sister is graduating college a month before DD's birthday, most of my family is flying in from NY. They are not going to fly here again a month later so now I'm thinking we may celebrate her birthday a month early 😬My sister is kind of being a drama queen and saying it's her weekend so I haven't decided fully yet 🙄

[athn64]

We're planning it for the weekend after her birthday. LotR theme. DH wants to do brunch time with brunch foods, but DD2 is allergic to eggs, so we may need to rework that. It'll be mostly family, some friends.

[bexincanada]

I hadn't even thought of this until it was mentioned here. I think I'm in denial... I can't have an almost one year old, not possible.

[GOmamab15]

Apr 1, 2017 12:37:45 GMT -5 athn64 said:

We're planning it for the weekend after her birthday. LotR theme. DH wants to do brunch time with brunch foods, but DD2 is allergic to eggs, so we may need to rework that. It'll be mostly family, some friends.

Brunch foods!! What a great idea!

[GOmamab15]

I need DH to help me decide but I'm think we'll do a big party with minimal theme the weekend before.

[babyzebra]

I'm not sure what we'll do. We will probably plan it the week before like we do everything else. Procrastinators 4 life!

[frecklesnbrains]

Apr 1, 2017 12:37:45 GMT -5 athn64 said:

We're planning it for the weekend after her birthday. LotR theme. DH wants to do brunch time with brunch foods, but DD2 is allergic to eggs, so we may need to rework that. It'll be mostly family, some friends.

This is such a fantastically nerdy theme idea. I may need to steal it from you I doubt DH would be on board though.

[athn64]

Apr 2, 2017 9:26:57 GMT -5 frecklesnbrains said:

Apr 1, 2017 12:37:45 GMT -5 athn64 said:

We're planning it for the weekend after her birthday. LotR theme. DH wants to do brunch time with brunch foods, but DD2 is allergic to eggs, so we may need to rework that. It'll be mostly family, some friends.

This is such a fantastically nerdy theme idea. I may need to steal it from you I doubt DH would be on board though.

Lol. DH and I had a discussion when DD1 was turning one that this is our year to do a theme that we love. We did Star Wars for her. I demanded Lotr for DD2.

[frecklesnbrains]

Apr 2, 2017 10:13:31 GMT -5 athn64 said:

Apr 2, 2017 9:26:57 GMT -5 frecklesnbrains said:

This is such a fantastically nerdy theme idea. I may need to steal it from you I doubt DH would be on board though.

Lol. DH and I had a discussion when DD1 was turning one that this is our year to do a theme that we love. We did Star Wars for her. I demanded Lotr for DD2.

You guys are my kind of people

[Stringy]

We are probably combining with her sisters in may and having one Memorial Day weekend. Should I feel bad she doesn't get her own? We will get her her own cake to demolish at least. Kinda.

[carolinaheart]

We're doing a party back home the weekend before. It'll be watermelon themed. I have no idea on the guest list size though. It seems silly to make a huge thing of it but I don't want anyone to feel left out if they wanted to come.

[packerfan4life]

Apr 2, 2017 19:40:53 GMT -5 Stringy said:

We are probably combining with her sisters in may and having one Memorial Day weekend. Should I feel bad she doesn't get her own? We will get her her own cake to demolish at least. Kinda.

Nope. Wouldn't feel bad at all. Sounds smart to me. For DD1'some birthday I just made her a cupcake to eat and a separate cake for everyone else

[titania]

Mar 31, 2017 19:06:34 GMT -5 chriskoo said:

We're planning a flamingo theme for DD's first. I'm struggling with the guest list. I'd love to keep it to just DH's and my immediate family - that would be about 10 people total, which I think would be sweet and intimate. DH is pushing for our aunts/uncles/cousins etc. to be included, as well as some of our friends and their kids. The number quickly gets out of control and would be so many that we wouldn't be able to have it in our backyard. I know he's just excited but I also know I'm the one stuck doing all the work. The discussion continues lol

We are having a pink flamingo theme too!!!  In my family it is tradition for milestone birthdays to decorate the lawn of the person's house with pink flamingos so we are doing it for DD!  My parents will be hosting in their backyard cause we don't have a yard.  Hopefully the weather will be ok... Mid-May is tricky.  We will have mostly family and a few close friends.  

[mladerri]

We'll celebrate his actual bday with my parents on a family vacation then we'll have a sunshine BBQ party with friends some point in June.

[bexincanada]

We (DW and I) actually chatted about it this weekend. We decided probably just family and have it in our backyard weather permitting. We'll hold it on whichever weekend isn't the holiday weekend to avoid conflicts.

[ArgyleEnigma]

Big! For me. Don't know that many people. Probably 25, haha. It'll be in the park, but reservable tables apparently go 4 months in advance so we'll have to claim some fcfs.

We're doing a theme of The Carrot Seed, it is his absolute favorite. I have a paper- cutting machine and have already designed invitations to look like the cover. I am excited.

[pbandj714]

I've done quite a bit of planning already. I'm generally not a party person (introvert, here), but I'm going all out for this to celebrate that DH and I survived!
Theme is rainbow sprinkles. We're holding it at a big pavilion at the local metropark. They don't do reservations, so I'll be sending my sister and SIL over to decorate in the morning and stake our claim. My sister's getting married 3 days before their birthday so we'll be having the party the weekend after. Food will be pretty simple but still tie in with the theme. Rainbow fruit kabobs, rainbow veggie wraps, shredded chicken sliders, oreos and pretzels with rainbow sprinkles, and of course cake with rainbow sprinkles. I bought multicolored paper lanterns to hang from the beams. I'm really excited!

[woodengirl07]

Just got my invites! 100 of these bad boys!

[greysonsmom]

I just got ours too, I decided to celebrate early to take advantage that a lot of my family will be here for my sisters graduation.

[pbandj714]

woodengirl07 and greysonsmom, those are so cute!!

I've made some progress on the planning. Made banners of their names to hang on the high chairs and another that says "Happy 1st Birthday". Also have a custom order in for rainbow sprinkles bibdanas, a headband, and bow tie. I may die from the cute.

[titania]

Sent our invites out yesterday! woodengirl07 I think our parties are on the same day!!

[titania]

Apr 14, 2017 11:39:40 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

titania, your rings are gorgeous!!

Thank you!!

[GOmamab15]

I went to a first bday party s few weeks ago where everyone was invited-family, friends with kids, moms and babies from mom's group--it was fun but a little chaotic. Then I went to another one and it was just a play date with a small circle of mom's and babies and it was super fun. They had a family party separate and it seemed really do-able. Now I'm reconsidering my huge party idea. Maybe 2 smaller gatherings. Hopefully my family won't be offended that they're not invited to the play date party.

[bexincanada]

May 2, 2017 17:02:34 GMT -5 GOmamab15 said:

I went to a first bday party s few weeks ago where everyone was invited-family, friends with kids, moms and babies from mom's group--it was fun but a little chaotic. Then I went to another one and it was just a play date with a small circle of mom's and babies and it was super fun. They had a family party separate and it seemed really do-able. Now I'm reconsidering my huge party idea. Maybe 2 smaller gatherings. Hopefully my family won't be offended that they're not invited to the play date party.

We are thinking maybe two smaller ones as well. We need to figure it out soon since her birthday is at the end of the month! Our family is all out of town, so it feels like it would be a big "to do" regardless. It would be more fun for her if there were babies... and it's supposed to be about her right? (I hate parties.)