[blparent] baby's first birthday

Sat Aug 27 15:14:53 UTC 2011

Oh, I agree, the older birthdays get more fun.  For Sarah's second and third 
birthdays, we had bigger parties with balloons and presents, and family and 
friends who all love Sarah.  One year she had Thomas the Train on her cake, 
and then Pooh Bear.  I bought napkins the first year, but not the second 
because I ended up with a bunch of Thomas the Train cups and napkins left 
over.

Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 3:32 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] baby's first birthday

> We did very little for Austin's first birthday...  It was just my husband, 
> a
> close friend of ours who was living with us for a short time, Austin, and
> me.  I made a cake, and we video taped Austin opening his presents.  Don't
> worry, for Austin's second birthday we had a much bigger party with 
> friends,
> and his Nanna was able to come from Wisconsin which was really nice.  We 
> had
> a similar party for his third birthday.  For his fourth we actually shared 
> a
> party with one of his friends from daycare who was born a day before him.
> Then we had a smaller gathering with close friends on his actual birthday.
> We did have a party for Oriana's first birthday.  She is a May baby,
> so the weather was nice enough to have some fun water play with her 
> birthday
> present--a water table.  We also blew up our wading pool.  We invited the
> kids from her daycare, who are mostly older than Oriana, but everyone 
> seemed
> to have a fun time.  We also had many of our adult friends who are 
> certainly
> a part of Oriana's life and wanted to wish her well on her birthday. 
> We've
> never gone too crazy with themes. Certainly Austin has gotten to choose 
> what
> he wants on his cake; he's had a Diego, Cars, and Toy Story.  We have 
> gotten
> goody bags and plates and napkins to match.  Mostly though, so far our
> parties have just been laid back fun times at home.  This may change a
> little as Austin gets older and might want to do different types of 
> parties.
> Your ideas sound very nice, and I'm sure everyone will enjoy the big 
> event!
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Chad Allen
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:21 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] baby's first birthday
>
> My wife made a apple sauce cake with cream cheese frosting. She also 
> ordered
> personalized birthday hats and plates with "Happy Birthday Harrison!" on
> them.  We drove to Yosemite National Park and experienced the 5th largest
> waterfall together.
>
> He received trucks, books, bounce balls, Veratech learning toys, T-ball 
> set,
> Braille ABC blocks, clothes, a toy mobile phone, and a push toy as gifts.
>
> We had a blast!
>
> I decided to make it a tradition and visit US national parks every 
> birthday.
> We are considering Yellowstone next year.
>
> Great pics and great memories!
>
> Good luck on the party. Sounds like a lot of fun too.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:47 PM
> To: NFB blind parent listserv
> Subject: [blparent] baby's first birthday
>
> Hello list,
>
>
>
> Now that Dawson is 10 months old I'm excitedly beginning to plan for his
> first birthday which will be here before I know it.  I'm planning on 
> making
> the affair simple with friends and any family that is able to make it 
> since
> we're out of state from most of our family.  The party will probably be at
> home or at a nearby park with pizza, a few side dishes and a Costco cake
> since they do such a great cake for only around $18 which includes a
> customized message.  Since Dawson's birthday is on Halloween I'm planning 
> on
> doing a pumpkin theme with the invitations saying, "Our Little Pumpkin Is
> Turning 1".  As favors for the guests I'm planning on taking cleaned out
> baby food jars and wrapping them with messages from Dawson to his guests 
> and
> they will have candy inside.  I got some excellent game ideas for the 
> guests
> on-line as well as some memory making ideas like having a shoe box that 
> the
> guests can put a message into for Dawson to open when he's older.  I'm 
> also
> going to have a picture of Dawson with a big blank border around him that
> guests can write something to him on in acid free pen that I'll frame and
> put up in his room
>
>
>
> I'd love to hear what you guise did for your kids first birthdays and what
> worked and what didn't.  I want to make this party low budget but with 
> lots
> of cute touches.  I've also created a wish list on the Babys R Us website
> which will make gift hunting easy on folks.  I can't wait to hear about 
> your
> babies first birthdays.
>
>
>
> Erin
>
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