[blparent] baby's first birthday

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

My daughter didn't really "get" the concept of birthdays until just after she turned two. By 2.5 she figured out that everybody had a birthday and by three, she was really into it. So cool!

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peggy
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 3:32 PM
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Wow you guys sure do a lot more than I did, I figure the lo doesn't know 
he's one yet so we just had our family, let him open a few presents, play 
with toys, and let him eat cake, which he didn't like all over his hands, 
kept trying to fling the frosting off!!  Maybe next year when he's 2 we'll 
make it a little more special.



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From: January Lifebook
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 11:45 AM
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O'm doing the "hang out and talk" thing this time around since Zach and his
friends are still a bit too young for games.  I am taking a baby pool and
filling it with balls they use in ball pits (available at Walmart for
cheap).
I really like your memory box idea and just might steal that :-)

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Peggy <pshald at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> Lol, that's funny, sounds like something my family would do.
>
>
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> -----Original Message----- From: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:06 AM
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> We just hung out and talked. A good friend played music.  My dad showed 
> our
> daughter how to say she was a year old by holding up a finger... the 
> middle
> finger.
>
> It was a good time with special people.
>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:56 PM
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> Erin,
> I love your ideas of having the memories for your son when he is older.
> I did a monkey theme for my daughter's 1st birthday. I figured it was the
> one time I'd get to decide and I love monkeys. I did simple blue and 
> yellow
> decorations of streamers and balloons. I printed off about 100 pictures
> documenting Savannah's 1st year and hung them around the house. I made a
> cookie cake, I dislike cake, and with help from my sister decorated it to
> look like a monkey's head. We didn't play any games as she was too little.
> I
> made a coconut banana punch, and just had snacks like banana chips, a
> monkey
> trail mix, banana bread, and I'm drawing a blank to what else.
> I made little treat bags for each kid. I bought blue and yellow felt. I
> sewed the blue square into a bag. I then sewed on strips of yellow for the
> nadle. I cut out bananas from the yellow and glued them on.
> I only invited family as we hadn't made any friends for Savannah at that
> time. It was a nice close family party that didn't cost me too much.
> Oh one more thing, as part of Savannah's gift, my mom took a huge 
> cardboard
> box and turned it into a monkey cage for Savannah as she loved tboxes and
> the dog's cage at that time. It turned out really cute.
> Pipi
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:46 PM
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>
>  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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