So I'm thinking about V' s birthday next month and trying to figure out what we want to do. I was leaning towards finding a place to gave his party at, more for neutral ground more than anything, with the hopes that my dad will come, but DH isn't big on that idea.
We've rented the party room at a local restaurant. With all the family and friends we wanted to invite it will be pretty big and H didn't want to have it at our house.
Having the party at a local pizza place that has a nice private room. The theme is Winter Onederland (snowflakes) since Annie was born in the middle of a HUGE snowstorm.
We're doing Celia's at a bounce house place near our house. Even with just our families it would be more people than we want in our house and having it there means minimal set up and clean up! It's going to be a ladybug theme.
We're doing Celia's at a bounce house place near our house. Even wish just our families it would be more people than we want in our house and having it there means minimal set up and clean up! It's going to be a ladybug theme.
We will be doing a party with friends and their kids. Family will do Skype chats.
DS's birthday isn't on the weekend. Trying to decide to do it the weekend before which is closer, but that Sunday is Valentine's Day or the weekend after.
H would like a Winnie the Pooh theme and I was thinking DS in Onederland (do a Mad Hatter tea) Maybe we'll compromise and do a Winnie the Pooh tea like the sequel.
Post by hollydfromtn on Jan 2, 2016 11:38:13 GMT -5
We are doing a big party by default. Our families are huge and everyone is going to want to be there. We plan on having it at the IL's church, they have a great fellowship hall that's perfect for parties. It's going to be a lumberjack theme complete with flannel and pinecones everywhere.
I forgot about themes! I remember someone posted a long while back a cute twinkle twinkle little star invitation, I really liked that for the theme but now can't remember what it was exactly.
I know! I miss all of our posters! It is hard though to keep up sometimes. You want to log on but work, home, school and being present with your family and friends is already a lot to balance. And I guess it shows how comfortable as parents we are getting, there aren't a million questions going thru our minds.
I know! I miss all of our posters! It is hard though to keep up sometimes. You want to log on but work, home, school and being present with your family and friends is already a lot to balance. And I guess it shows how comfortable as parents we are getting, there aren't a million questions going thru our minds.
Oh yeah, definitely hard to keep up all the time. And it's nice to think the people we haven't heard from are doing so well
We're doing a pretty decent sized party at our house, which is what we did for DS' first birthday. Theme is twinkle twinkle little star, one year old is what you are. Similar to the one in the thread kartish posted but lavender and silver instead of pink and gold. It's in 3 weeks, eeeek!!
We are doing a party at our house with family and the friends that have babies around DD's age. We are doing a butterfly theme, mostly because I couldn't think of anything I liked better. I had the dilemma about Valentine's Day also. DD was the 11th, so Saturday the 13 makes sense. We decided to go with it. My thought is that people probably won't be celebrating on Saturday at lunch.
Post by psychobutthead on Jan 4, 2016 15:23:28 GMT -5
We are doing only family.
I don't want to deal with chucky cheese plus Danny is too young to remember it even though his sister would.
We are going to do a construction theme. But I'm not going over the top with decorations or anything. Just a few simple ones, some pizza, and I'll make his cake.
Since the kids birthdays are 10 days apart the are having a joint party at The Little Gym where DS has toddler classes. (DS turning 3, DD turning 1) I figure it's worth the money to not have a bunch of small children running around my house. And we can get away with just providing cheese pizza and cupcakes.
DH never had bday parties growing up, so he was pretty anti having one. Fortunately I talked him in to having both families over (no friends, though). We are having it at our house and doing a pink/gold/hearts theme.
I realized last night that V's birthday is Super Bowl Sunday. So unless we want to have it another day, I guess the party will be at our place. That will make things interesting.
I'm doing an over the top party at a local museum (our house is small, and we have big Italian families. Next time I'm going to plan for a summer baby so I can do backyard parties!) The theme is "It Was a Very Good Year" (Frank Sinatra/Rat Pack) and yes, I have a Sinatra impersonator. I can't help myself, I get carried away with these things.
I should also add that I do a lot of freelance work for the museum and they waived their rental fee in exchange for some work, so it's not THAT crazy.
I realized last night that V's birthday is Super Bowl Sunday. So unless we want to have it another day, I guess the party will be at our place. That will make things interesting.
Birthday twins! We are doing his birthday party on the 6th and then going to the aquarium on Sunday just the three of us.
That sounds fun! DH and I are off on Sunday, and while I could probably get Saturday off, DH would have a hard time getting Saturday off. I am thinking we'll end up with a smaller party, but that is fine with me!
I realized last night that V's birthday is Super Bowl Sunday. So unless we want to have it another day, I guess the party will be at our place. That will make things interesting.
Gasp, not superbowl sunday!! I love all things NFL so I'll actually be throwing a small party that day just for the big game. But, maybe your family won't care and if it's not at night then people can work around it and still participate in superbowl festivities.
Fun fact: DD2 was born the Saturday before superbowl last year. She was due that Sunday actually and that's what I was telling everyone when they asked what my due date was. We had to watch the game on our little hospital room tv (with weird sound) and no good food but it'll be the most memorable and favorite superbowl ever!
Since the kids birthdays are 10 days apart the are having a joint party at The Little Gym where DS has toddler classes. (DS turning 3, DD turning 1) I figure it's worth the money to not have a bunch of small children running around my house. And we can get away with just providing cheese pizza and cupcakes.
This will be something we will do in the future since mine are 8 days apart. Also turning 1 and 3!
Got a room booked at our local bank's community building. It said "no children's parties", but I don't consider this a children's party since it will be mostly adults. There isn't going to be a bunch of kids running around crazy or anything. Also got the invitation designed, and working on getting cute things cut out on the Cricut for decorations. I found things on Etsy, but decided (perhaps wrongly) that I can do it myself...
Also, a non-dairy cake is not a big deal, right? Doc said eggs cooked in things is ok, but to avoid ALL dairy. I need it to not be a big deal.
Got a room booked at our local bank's community building. It said "no children's parties", but I don't consider this a children's party since it will be mostly adults. There isn't going to be a bunch of kids running around crazy or anything. Also got the invitation designed, and working on getting cute things cut out on the Cricut for decorations. I found things on Etsy, but decided (perhaps wrongly) that I can do it myself...
Also, a non-dairy cake is not a big deal, right? Doc said eggs cooked in things is ok, but to avoid ALL dairy. I need it to not be a big deal.
DD is allergic to dairy and eggs. A friend suggested a "depression cake". You can google recipies for it. It is called that because they didn't have luxuries like butter and eggs during that time. I haven't baked one yet but plan to for her birthday.
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