{"id":15214,"date":"2011-10-11T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T20:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=15214"},"modified":"2012-05-07T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T17:19:16","slug":"animals-on-parade-maxs-1st-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/animals-on-parade-maxs-1st-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals on Parade – Max’s 1st Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is there anything more special than a First Birthday?<\/strong><\/em> There is just something about a family gathered around a twelve month old baby singing Happy Birthday<\/em> that gives me sweet chills. \u00a0A first birthday symbolizes new beginnings and innocently (and perhaps naively) \u00a0symbolizes that if the parents made it through 365 days<\/span> of sleepless nights – they can make it \u00a0through just about anything! \u00a0 This past weekend, my sister Kristie and her husband, John, flew in from Washington D.C. to celebrate their first-born, Max, with all the family! \u00a0That’s exactly what we did this past weekend with my dear nephew – here’s a peek into Max’s 1st Birthday Animal Parade. \u00a0Details at the end of the post!<\/p>\n

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1) My sister, Kristie, came up with the idea of an Animals on Parade theme. \u00a0I fell in love and created the above invitation and collection<\/a> just for Max. \u00a0You can now find it in my shop<\/a> for your little animal. My favorite part of the invitation (and a new addition available with most my invitation<\/em>s) is the double sided invitation with a timeline on the back. \u00a0This was super fun to dictate on Baby Max’s invitation since his first year was a bit of a joy and colic rollercoaster!<\/div>\n
2) All the artwork was created by\u00a0Simply Sandra. <\/em><\/div>\n
<\/em>3) The animal cut outs were created by Rhino Design Lab<\/a>. \u00a0I sent them the artwork from the invitation and they handled the rest! \u00a0I attached the hedgehog to a balloon to recreate the invitation. \u00a0A little cheezy- I know. \u00a0But this party was all family. \u00a0They know I am a cheeseball and appreciated it. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
4) Due to inclement weather, we had to move Max’s Birthday from Friday evening to Saturday morning! \u00a0Our pre-planned ice cream and cake bar had to be completely scratched! \u00a0We instead changed the menu to all breakfast foods that were one-year old friendly! \u00a0I set out tiny cups filled with Cheerios and Trix. \u00a0I placed them at the very front of the table so little hands could easily take them as they wished! \u00a0All the toddlers were very pleased with this.<\/div>\n
5) I am super into homemade mini doughnuts this season. \u00a0I had them at Ethan’s party and I had to have them at Max’s 1st Birthday as well. \u00a0To mix it up, we placed them on sticks with bows. \u00a0The kids enjoyed these perhaps the most!<\/div>\n
6) Other kid and adult friendly menu items included: \u00a0Mini Yogurt Parfaits, Snack-sized Apple Juices, Self-serve hot chocolate, apple streudels, and mini poppyseed muffins.<\/div>\n
7) The favor for each child was a bright pail filled with animal crackers. \u00a0I embellished the pails with a little favor tag and a 3 1\/2 inch sticker featuring the animals from the invitation.<\/div>\n
8) Perhaps the most fun part of the event was the self-made party hats! \u00a0Both young and old sported one! \u00a0I had no idea they would be such a hit! \u00a0I will be showing a quick how-to next week. \u00a0It’s so non-labor intensive, it makes me giddy. \u00a0So look for that coming soon. \u00a0No hot glue gun needed!<\/div>\n
Blog to you soon,<\/div>\n

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