tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post3703093015475620551..comments2024-03-26T19:48:49.664-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Limestone: Baby's First Birthday Party PlanningMrs. Limestonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159249562273770481noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-32524628982743649152013-11-17T22:00:17.476-05:002013-11-17T22:00:17.476-05:00Hi love the whole white theme for Aggie..found thi...Hi love the whole white theme for Aggie..found this on pinterest.. Love it..<br />http://www.pinterest.com/nlappa/olivia-christmas-birthday/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-9834524677070388822013-11-16T08:47:20.336-05:002013-11-16T08:47:20.336-05:00My little sister has a late December birthday. To ...My little sister has a late December birthday. To avoid the whole Merry Birthmas situation, she always had a small celebration on her actual day and celebrated a half birthday during the summer. Her friends were usually in town, the weather was more pleasant, and it solved a situation in which those with winter birthdays often get short shrift.Lauren Weinstein Rojashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660228392088859414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-14866107924161113892013-11-14T22:30:20.705-05:002013-11-14T22:30:20.705-05:00Winter white is a fun theme-you can do all white f...Winter white is a fun theme-you can do all white food, too ( white grapes, white cheeses, white frosted oreos, etc)<br /><br />Our twins are Dec 26th, too ( yea Capricorns!)-and I will echo what other December babies have said here-keep it separate, don't combine gifts,and when she's older, have the party before or after x-mas break at school. <br /><br />Our first b-day we had a grown up affair at a local restaurant; years two and three were at home-but as cousins were added I shelled out for a puppeteer and some faux Sesame street muppets entertainers! They kept the kids entertained and happy ( nothing too long-half an hour/45 minutes is enough for the younger set). School years saw themes like Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Hanson ( it was the 80s)Favorite Book Character, a Rodeo, and even an Olympic Games. <br /><br />When they turned 21 they took themselves to Vegas!!!! <br /><br /> I still make their cakes for our family celebrations.( they will be 28 this year)<br /> It's so much FUN to celebrate a child's b-day! No matter what you do, enjoy :)<br /><br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611804776552043084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-12364442104701600852013-11-14T13:00:32.921-05:002013-11-14T13:00:32.921-05:00This hits home for me since my oldest and youngest...This hits home for me since my oldest and youngest daughters are Dec. 29 and Dec. 31. Yeah, talk about being broke, tired and worn out but I still always kept their birthday's separate from Christmas. I've never combined presents as it isn't fair to them. A winter themed party sounds like a good solution.Nazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316554604305098721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-36074059437466862762013-11-14T12:57:42.430-05:002013-11-14T12:57:42.430-05:00That sounds like SO much fun! As a December 29th ...That sounds like SO much fun! As a December 29th baby, it's greatly appreciated to see Christmas & birthday separated.<br /><br />A bit of advice for the future, have her birthday parties AFTER the kids go back to school and don't send the party invitations with her to hand out the last day of school before winter break. On more than one occasion, I had only close family and friends at my birthday parties because my school friends' parents didn't look through their backpacks until right before going back to school and then my mom got a lot of phone calls apologizing for my friends not being there. :0)KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708310106101983334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-9410123352790346322013-11-14T03:05:16.160-05:002013-11-14T03:05:16.160-05:00I love the "melted snowman" idea - grown...I love the "melted snowman" idea - grownups will laugh, and Agatha is to small to cry!! Also loved the cocoa as party favours. Over here we can get chocolate spoons (yes, really chocolate!) so that you can add extra chocolate to a drink and have no spoons to deal with. Whatever you choose from your Pinterest board or similar, you'll have a great day, and so, I'm sure, will Agatha! xMrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-54202919971299364052013-11-14T01:51:59.016-05:002013-11-14T01:51:59.016-05:00Great idea! My husband's birthday is Decembe...Great idea! My husband's birthday is December 27th and he always got Merry Birthmas gifts (1 gift for both) so when our first son was born in December I made sure to always make a big deal out of it:) 1st birthdays are so special (mostly for the parents) but she should be celebrated! Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379638361083151047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-50564779957968177062013-11-14T01:51:28.360-05:002013-11-14T01:51:28.360-05:00Great idea! My husband's birthday is Decembe...Great idea! My husband's birthday is December 27th and he always got Merry Birthmas gifts (1 gift for both) so when our first son was born in December I made sure to always make a big deal out of it:) 1st birthdays are so special (mostly for the parents) but she should be celebrated! Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379638361083151047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-60004823397154698692013-11-13T22:42:32.905-05:002013-11-13T22:42:32.905-05:00 This is the cutest theme for a winter birthday pa... This is the cutest theme for a winter birthday party<br />http://www.blog.birdsparty.com/2012/12/winter-birthdays-penguin-cool-igloo.html#.UoRFlyiEzwwAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08460058397219748236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-32162183437634262192013-11-13T16:47:31.525-05:002013-11-13T16:47:31.525-05:00My friend many years ago did an "Austin's...My friend many years ago did an "Austin's #1" party when he turned one. Everyone came in sports attire and his momma was a cheerleader. Everything was sports related. Good for boys.<br />Teri Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155644011789861076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-33552265578290993662013-11-13T15:18:51.746-05:002013-11-13T15:18:51.746-05:00You have great ideas and your parties are fabulous...You have great ideas and your parties are fabulous. For the younger ones you might include a diy snowglobe project. They are simple and there are lots of options for the materials when you google snowglobes. I'm looking forward to seeing/reading about the big day. <br />C Groveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104041129263118663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-30051571115249388192013-11-13T15:10:45.794-05:002013-11-13T15:10:45.794-05:00I LOVE this idea! I'm due in early January wit...I LOVE this idea! I'm due in early January with baby #2 so you can bet I'm book marking this idea for next year!Brittneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15334419981182961949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-58635923455117564482013-11-13T14:42:49.889-05:002013-11-13T14:42:49.889-05:00Check out Hostess With The Mostess blog for some g...Check out Hostess With The Mostess blog for some great ideas too! Many times the details make the party's theme more personal and special. Oriental trading has inexpensive decorations. My son looooove to eat so I chose an Italian food theme for his party. I feel like so many themes for baby parties are too generic and overdone. I had Max's first birthday party at home a few weeks ago. Here's the link if you care to see & steal some ideas. <br />http://www.findingsilverlinings.net/2013/10/30/maxs-italian-themed-birthday-party/<br /><br />Can't wait to check out your pinboard. I'm sure you will come up with something amazing.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745637002751977476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-34528425568334485362013-11-13T14:14:11.191-05:002013-11-13T14:14:11.191-05:00Now that is a charming idea. Can't wait to se...Now that is a charming idea. Can't wait to see photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-39718401960557346782013-11-13T12:46:54.674-05:002013-11-13T12:46:54.674-05:00Oh something else... respect your kid's sleep ...Oh something else... respect your kid's sleep schedule!! Nothing is worse than having a party for a kid that only wants to go nap!!!! We tried lunch and brunch... Brunch was ideal for ours... she wasn't much of a napper... but would usually get fussy around 2pm... so by having people over between 10am and 1pm.. everyone got to enjoy a fun happy little girl!!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591356094354137797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-24165339363511598682013-11-13T12:45:25.946-05:002013-11-13T12:45:25.946-05:00You had me at hot chocolate bar.You had me at hot chocolate bar.Colleen @ TwoDelightedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885795306592594537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-45323756983449021762013-11-13T12:43:13.509-05:002013-11-13T12:43:13.509-05:00Ohhhh can't wait to see the party details afte...Ohhhh can't wait to see the party details after!! I'm expecting for the first week of January, so will probably be looking for inspiration for same time next year!! hehe!<br /><br />My advice for the first b-day party is to keep it simple so you don't spend the entire party time running around etc... For our first child, we only invited adults to her 1st party (gotta say she was the first grand child in both our families, so there were no cousins to invite!)... we kept it small... grand-parents, aunts and uncles, a few very close friends, god parents.. This way, the focus was ALL on our beautiful little girl! She had a great time!!! So did we... We kept pretty much the same formula for her 2nd birthday.. This year for her third, we added 3 little friends (2 made it!) and it was just perfect! The kids are older, you can entertain them with activities... the parents are free to mingle... <br /><br />I gave that advice to a friend last summer... but she didn't listen.. She invited her entire group of new moms with their babies for a pool party... so there were many young families there.. but no one knew each other.. so everyone ended up in their little corner.. We didn't get to see the parents and the birthday girl most of the time cause they were busy getting food ready inside, or BBQing outside.. It really only felt like a usual pool party... nothing special about it.. My friend told me a few weeks later how she regretted not doing something smaller so she could actually enjoy herself and be with her birthday girl the whole time instead of running around!!<br /><br />I also think something at home is great... it will create wonderful memories for Agatha and as she grows older she will be able to recognize the environment on photos... Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591356094354137797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-26659549331364829302013-11-13T11:47:07.563-05:002013-11-13T11:47:07.563-05:00I think its great that you're giving Agatha he...I think its great that you're giving Agatha her own party - every child deserves (and remembers) those parties. <br /><br />We have a Pancakes & Pajamas party two weeks before Christmas to celebrate my brother & sister's December birthdays. While the adults are busy cooking breakfast for dinner (waffles, crepes, bacon - yum!), the kids are busy doing crafts like making gingerbread houses, paper snowflakes, mason jar vignettes. Its always great to have something for the kids to do and keep them preoccupied until the food is on the table.Jen @ RamblingRenovatorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045745850049751098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-80154832375004421202013-11-13T11:23:00.349-05:002013-11-13T11:23:00.349-05:00Oh it doesn't seem silly at all! Its actually...Oh it doesn't seem silly at all! Its actually one of the reasons I didn't want to have the party at home. I found the perfect place to throw a totally different themed party but it turns out they wanted way, way, way more than what I thought was reasonable so we switched it to a home party. Knowing I can only do so much in the 2 days between Christmas and her party, I switched the theme to something more wintery but I'm definitely avoiding red and green and references of Christmas in general.Mrs. Limestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159249562273770481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-49673238183511452542013-11-13T11:13:22.008-05:002013-11-13T11:13:22.008-05:00No I didn't realize but Im off to go see what ...No I didn't realize but Im off to go see what ideas I can steal :)Mrs. Limestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159249562273770481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-41838805264837386472013-11-13T11:05:08.566-05:002013-11-13T11:05:08.566-05:00I'm sure you saw this, but Greg and Ashly at S...I'm sure you saw this, but Greg and Ashly at Seventh House on the Left had a similar party last year. Lot's of great ideas, there.Rebecca Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967181115678064668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38356705.post-33226760142511152052013-11-13T09:58:43.784-05:002013-11-13T09:58:43.784-05:00Oh I love this. Can't wait to see!Oh I love this. Can't wait to see!Megan@TwoDelightedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830714685847674314noreply@blogger.com