Why change names if you're just going to post their pictures anyway? Because they're so cute I must post their pictures! And holding auditions for random actors to play your own children seems cold.
Eve December 2011
Tomorrow is Eve's first birthday and I made my husband promise me he wouldn't let me throw her a big party she won't even remember. Aubrey turned six in December and we went completely overboard. By we I mean me. Aubrey and I set out to Alin Paper Co. to buy Strawberry Shortcake decorations and flatware only to find her brand may as well have not existed in the paper company. Hello Kitty and Barbie were abundant, other favorites of my kindergartner, but I think the fact she would never be five again loomed over her little head and she opted for Princess theme. That's something, sadly, most girls her age are growing out of thanks to the likes of Justin Bieber and other teen idols marketing themselves to preschool and up.I still remember getting a purple Huffy bike for my sixth birthday. I was elated at being such a big girl owning a "two wheeler" when my dad proceeded to tell me I would NEVER be five again. Needless to say, I cried big birthday tears.
So I could relate to Aubrey's yearning to savor every bit of little girlhood. Six is a big deal. This was part of my rationale for going full scale crazy on the party front. Bouncer? Oh she definitely needs one of those. Invite the whole class? We don't want anyone to feel left out! Rent tables and chairs? Well we need to sit, don't we? The list went on and on. After the extravagant birthday, Christmas for a big family, food for New Year's eve and countless other birthday presents to buy in winter, I vowed that the baby would not have a party. Well, not a big one. She had to have cake, right?
Here's the Rapunzel cake Kae made for a special six year old's birthday
Eve's birthday falls on a Wednesday this year. Problem solved. We can't have a party in the middle of the week. But of course cake for the just the family in the living room became just family and friends... and friends of friends, maybe neighbors, and Aubrey's school friends love the baby- they'll want to come too... oh dear. This is worse than Aubrey's big bash.So I opted to have a simple park get together that Saturday. I asked my cousin Kae to make cupcakes and we could have as many people that wanted to come and it would stay simple. Dessert at the park. Then my cousin's friend Ashlyn offered to make cake. She makes beautiful cakes. I can't deny Eve's guest one of Ashlyn's cakes! We'll just have both. That's perfect- it's a dessert party. Then I get a call from my amazing friend Lola wondering if she can make cake pops for Eve. Cake pops?! How cute! Of course you can make cake pops for Evie! I said it was a dessert party and this is perfect. Plenty of dessert.
Then the bombshell. In Aubrey's backpack today are half a dozen fliers. One of which advertising our community's Snow Day. This Saturday. Held at our park. During Eve's Dessert Party!!
Okay Bella take a deep breath. Obviously city council is not trying to ruin your daughter's VERY FIRST birthday. This could be a good thing. A good thing? Yeah, I mean there will be snow for the guests to play in, music and free jumpers. Free jumpers? Why didn't city council plan a Snow Day on Aubrey's birthday?
Aubrey in the snow 2008
So needless to say we have not rescheduled little Eve's party. Hopefully she will not nap the whole day and will be able to experience snow and free jumpers with thousands of her closest friends. Who could ask for a better first birthday?
