On Tuesday to be exact.
I wanted to celebrate him and this past year.
Maybe add some fun to keep me from crying that my son is not a baby anymore.
I set out to throw him a completely irrational over-the-top one year old birthday.
It started with the Cat that Sam fell in love with...
I had intended to make all the guests dress up like their favorite super hero, and adorn all the children in home made capes.
Then I thought about how much Sam loves this cat.
How easy it would be to make a party around it.
So that is what we did.
A rhyme to invite our family to come for the invitations.
A collection of stuff usually adoring the walls and shelves of Sam's room made for some great party atmosphere.
I often see on blogs amazing personalized party decor.
But I am not a photoshop pro.
I do own scissors, glue, lots of Dr. Seuss books and a color copier.
I think my new plan for children's parties is to base them around a book they like.
It made the planning of everything from the menu, the invitations, the decorations, all so easy to come up with.
It made for a moment of interesting dinner conversation.
What was for dinner?
Green Eggs and Ham of course!
But I didn't want to just serve my guests eggs.
I made these tiny quiches and added some blended parsley.
That didn't make them green enough so they got a drop of food coloring.
They turned out delicious.
I did not attempt to dye the ham though.
I made this cake last minute- very last minute.
I had made a beautiful five tier tall red and white cake to look like the hat, but it was a disaster.
First of all- it turns out that no matter how much red food coloring you add to frosting- it will only be dark pink.
I refused to serve my son a white and PINK cake.
I tried a few things to make it work, but it just because one huge, sticky pink, mess.
First I cried in frustration.
Then, I quickly made a new, simple cake.
Don't you love the party hat?
He liked the cake for long enough for me to get this picture.
I wanted her to feel important too on his day, and not be jealous, so she helped me pick out all the decorations, make things, and chose this puppy for him.
When we picked it out together she said "and he's gonna love it" and he did.
Maybe it can inch out the Cat-in-the-Hat.
Now he will be able to see what is happening!
My parents, my siblings and Grandma Elaine and Tom joined us for the festivities.
It was a lot of people for really just being my immediate family.
Here is our little family attempting to get a family shot.
We love you Sam. We really do!
There will be more concerning the 1 year anniversary of my son's birth to come after he is actually one.
7 comments:
Happy Birthday Sam!! What a cute 1-year-old and what a darling party! Everything looked so great!
What a perfect Sam I am Seuss party! Love it! I would hire you to plan for me anytime!
Love this theme! Great details. We are big Dr. Seuss fans around here too. I may just have to steal your ideas one day... ;)
WOW!!! I am not sure I could ever pull something off like that! THAT WAS SUPER COOL! way to go!
Absolutely ADORABLE! I'm obsessed with Seuss right now. I'm doing Jack's new bedroom in Seuss. It makes for such cute decor/parties/etc. Love it. Sorry about your cake, but I hear you on the red frosting. I've tried before as well and I added so much red food coloring that it made the frosting all runny and gross. You must have to get a special something or other from a professional cake decor place to get red. I mean obviously it's possible, we just need to learn the trick..right? If I ever find out I'll let you know and vice versa k?
So creative...Crystal you are amazing! What a fun 1st birthday. Happy Birthday Sam.
So cute and creative! I love it!
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