Saturday after Owen's birthday we held his 1st Birthday Party at our house. It was a nautical themed party and we invited our friends, co-workers and neighbors, with and without kids. I guess you could say it was also a party to celebrate that we made it through a year. We had the party at noon and had several nautical themed foods. For the main food we had fish and chips, sort of, we had Chick-Fil-A Nuggets and potato chips. We also served birthday shaped pasta (hats, presents, etc.) salad with tuna fish and peas, blue jello with gummy fish floating in it, gummy sharks, and Goldfish crackers. The food was set out on the dining room table and the cake came out when we were ready for it.
For the party favors we gave out kids nautical hats and let the kids color them with fabric markers. To entertain the kids we took two washing machine boxes, tipped them on their sides, cut the (now) tops off and made them into boats for the kids to play in. They liked them, although, they tipped them back upright and pretended they were houses. We also hung plastic nautical flags from the pergola.
Thankfully, it was a gorgeous day out so people could be outside as well as inside. People came over, ate, hung out and visited and the kids played. Sadly, I don't have any pictures other than the cake and Owen eating it because of all days, we both got sick the night before the party (thankfully Owen came out clean) and neither of us felt up to much by the time the party rolled around. I had big plans for the including lots of pictures, a more decorated cake, and more decorations but sadly didn't get to them.
Now, for the cake, it was a homemade cake, yellow for the sail and chocolate for the boat. Owen's cake was chocolate with chocolate frosting. Because I'm sure you're all wondering, the "J" cake was for Jed's co-worker, Jason, who's birthday was also that week.
He really liked the cake but could only get frosting in his hands so we broke part of it off with a fork, then he really dug in.
After a little while we moved Owen out of the sun and into the shade to work on his cake some more. Apparently everyone loves a glass of milk with their chocolate cake because after we got him all situated, he signed for milk and when we gave it to him, he chugged it.
Owen all done, just keeping his hand on the cake enjoying how it feels.
After Owen was done with his cake the party died out, Owen got a bath and we spent the rest of the afternoon napping and opening and playing with presents. Despite the illness, the party was a good time and turned out well. All-in-all it was a great day!
