[blparent] baby's first birthday

Mon Aug 29 15:54:45 UTC 2011

Oh, three was by far the most fun!  I'm looking forward to parties in the 
coming years much more now because Sarah is really into the whole thing. 
Sprinkles on the cake, candles, presents, the birthday song.

There's a great Web site if you want party theme ideas or favors and napkins 
and the like.  It's called Birthday in a Box, and you pick the theme and the 
number of kids who will be at the party.  You order the box, a little pricey 
but convenient, and it all comes in the mail.  No trip to the party store, 
and there are more diverse themes like dragons and barnyard animals, not 
just the princesses and superheroes in the party stores.

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: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 8:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] baby's first birthday

> 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!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: January Lifebook
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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.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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>> On Behalf Of Pipi
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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>
>> To: "NFB blind parent listserv" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:46 PM
>> 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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