Sayle’s First Birthday Saga
I have been Birthday Crazy for the entire month of March! I bought, planned, and Googled myself silly with 1st birthday stuff since everything had to be PERFECT for Sayle’s big celebration. I have had grandiose ideas in my head for the past 365 days and my mission was to put all these ideas into birthday-reality. In the weeks leading up to Sayle’s party, I tore up Onslow and Carteret County looking for the perfect birthday gear.
An internet friendly version of the invite
My first task was his party invitation. I didn’t want to do a written invitation; I wanted an invite made specifically for Sayle. I googled high and low for a perfect 1st birthday invite but couldn’t find one I liked. There are a million invitations for a child’s birthday party, but not many for a baby’s first birthday. Frustrated, I declared Google useless and decided to take the old school route by going to an actual store! There, I found exactly what I was looking for; a blue and white invitation that had the most adorable little monkey on it.
My joy was short-lived when I realized that even though I had the perfect invite for my perfect child, I didn’t have the perfect wording for the perfect invitation. I spent countless hours googling 1st birthday poems, but shockingly I couldn’t find one that I liked. Even though my words have been mistaken for Shakespeare before, I couldn’t even come up with the perfect wording for the invite. I was panicked until a friend of mine gave me a gorgeous picture frame that contained a poem that captured exactly how we felt about Sayle and his first year. This perfect poem went out on the perfect invitation and I declared Google useless again.
I loved the monkey on the invitation so much, I decided to use monkeys as the theme to Sayle’s party. Do you know how hard it is to find monkey paper products? I found only one monkey paper product set online and the price was ridiculous. I visited every party supply store within a 50 mile radius and could not find monkeys! If you are looking for Sesame Street or Disney characters for your child’s birthday, I can tell you exactly where to get them as that is all I seemed to find! I had to finally accept the fact that monkeys were not going to rule this party and incorporated adorable baby jungle animals in Sayle’s theme. I was actually able to purchase cups, big and small plates, napkins, a banner, decorations, and Sayle’s party hat for less than what I would have paid for the monkey set online. Again Google proved useless.
The easiest part of this party was the cake. I get all my big cakes from Kathy Canby and her cakes are heaven. She bakes all of the cakes herself and she sincerely wants your cake to be perfect. I sent her a copy of the invitation and she was able to make the cake look exactly like it! If you’re going to Google anything for your child’s party, then Google her.
I have a true appreciation for what goes into a child’s first birthday party. Even though I have had 365 days for grandiose ideas, putting them into play was not easy; actually it was rather stressful!
Stay tuned for the rest of Sayle’s 1st birthday saga!
Was planning your child’s first birthday party stressful?
