Neal turned one year old yesterday and we had quite a fun little party to celebrate. We hosted the party out at Neal's GiGi and Grandfathers house in Palmer and had lots of family and a few friends join us for the celebration. Neal's Grandma and Papa from Seattle were even up here for the big celebration.
We had a brown and blue baby block themed party and I may have gone a bit overboard with the decorating but I had so much fun putting it all together. We had a birthday banner, blue "blocks" filled with gold fish crackers for party favors, picture blocks showing pictures of Neal over the last year and a birthday shirt and hat for Neal.
Now everyone knows you can't have a birthday party without a cake. This was my first time decorating a birthday cake so I was a little nervous of how it would turn out. I got lots of great tips and advise from friends and family and my mom was up here to help me put it all together. The end result was a complete success. It turned out exactly as planned. We ended up making the bottom of each cake block out of rice crispy treats to help them be a little more stable and it worked out great. The rice crispy part was actually really tasty with the cake and icing. We also made a small "block" cake just for Neal.
As I have mentioned before Neal has never been a picky eater and so no surprise he devoured his birthday dinner (chicken nuggets, peas and carrots). Shortly after dinner we had cake and he showed no hesitation in eating that either. He finished off his cake and then turned to Tyler asking for more.
It was a fun day with lots of family, friends, food and presents.
I can't believe Neal is already a year old. This past year has been fun, at time tiring and challenging and full of new adventures but it has been the best year for us. Neal has brought so much joy and delight to our family and we just love him to pieces.
1 comment:
Love your party! I can't believe the year has flown by so fast! Here's hoping the next one is equally as wonderful.
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