Show Us Your Life - Birthday Parties
This week's topic for "Show Us Your Life" over at Kelly's blog is children's birthday parties. I'm definitely no expert in this area as Little M has so far only had two parties. But I thought I'd share anyway!
I've kept her both her parties pretty low key so far. I figure she's too young to remember, or even really realize what's going on, so they're more for the families anyway. We've had both parties at home. For her first birthday we had both Skip and my families over on the same day. For her second birthday, we had my family over one day, and Skip's over the next, since I was barely three months pregnant and very puke-y still. {not that that has changed at all, haha} We also have held her party the weekend before her actual birthday. Skip and I have wanted her actual day to be celebrated with just the three of us.
So let's take a look! {all the really good pictures were taken by my older sister, since she's a much better photgrapher than I am!}
First Birthday - Elmo Theme
Second Birthday - Ladybug Theme
What have you done for your kids parties? Head over and link up!
I've kept her both her parties pretty low key so far. I figure she's too young to remember, or even really realize what's going on, so they're more for the families anyway. We've had both parties at home. For her first birthday we had both Skip and my families over on the same day. For her second birthday, we had my family over one day, and Skip's over the next, since I was barely three months pregnant and very puke-y still. {not that that has changed at all, haha} We also have held her party the weekend before her actual birthday. Skip and I have wanted her actual day to be celebrated with just the three of us.
So let's take a look! {all the really good pictures were taken by my older sister, since she's a much better photgrapher than I am!}
First Birthday - Elmo Theme
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| Decorations were kept very simple |
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| We just decorated everything in red! |
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| I made all the food |
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| Except the cupcake cake which I picked up at our local supermarket |
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| Because this face was all that mattered! |
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| The birthday girl wore a special cupcake dress! |
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| I made this sign and the rest of the decorations were black and red {some left over from last year!} |
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| Skip and I again made all the food |
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| Chocolate cupcakes with red icing and foam ladybugs on top. Ladybug photo frames with Little M's picture in them. |
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| I made these ladybug cookies. |
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| Birthday girl wore a black and red tutu! |
I love birthday parties! I've already started thinking about Preston's and it's not until July! Ha! I really love the ladybug theme! Now I just need a little girl so I can use it too!
ReplyDeleteWe go back and forth every year on Preston's parties and how crazy we want them to get. Last year I almost did two different parties, one for friends and one for family. But in the end I decided I didn't want to throw two parties, so we had another big one!