There was no real theme, we just had a lot of pink and girly stuff, napkins, flatware, plates and cups, pom poms and such. I made the tissue paper pom poms to decorate the room and also her birthday banner. I think they came out great!
We had lots of tasty finger foods for grown ups and pop corn and pretzels for babies.
I also made pink frosted cupcakes (vanilla and chocolate). I was a bit nervous how it was all going to come out, but I was really happy with everything in the end.
For Katherine's official smash cake we got a cool little cake from Harris Teeter. We signed up for their 'Baby's First Free' program which means that her little cake was completely free. I was initially planning to bake a cake for her but then we decided we had enough going on with all the other party components and we went with the Teeter cake. It was awesome!
The party went from about 1pm till 4pm and everyone had a fantastic time! All the food was set up on the big kitchen island, with the cake and cupcakes on the breakfast table. We had plenty of adult seating in the living room, and the dining room was turned into a play room for all the babies.
Oh yeah, we had about 20 adults and 10 kids, not counting us. A big crowd! All the babies were playing like crazy, everyone got along and we had no meltdowns which is truly the measure of success in my eyes.
Around 3pm we rolled Katherine into the living room in her high chair for the official candle blowing and cake tasting. She did good, but was not so into the smashing business as she was earlier in the week (remember the smashed cupcake?) I guess there were too many people watching her and she was feeling shy.
The good news is she lasted the entire time without whining or anything. At 4 she went down for her normal nap and once she woke up we opened all her wonderful presents. We are so thankful to all our friends and family for being so thoughtful.
All in all it was a great afternoon, we had fun seeing everyone and the babies had a lot of fun playing together.
Here are some pictures.
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We had a great time at Katherine's party. Can't believe she's 1!!
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