Birthdays are always a pretty special thing to celebrate - something that becomes radically more apparent when little ones come into your life - whether they're your own, your grandchildren, nieces & nephews...- it's pretty hard not to get caught up in the excitement.
To be honest, we didn't go all out for 1st birthdays in our house - each of our 2 little ones were gifted with a very exciting helium filled foil balloon, waffles with whipped cream & strawberries for breakfast, and cake at supper time. It was
very clear, however, that that wouldn't go down well for the 2nd birthday for our little guy last February - so we invited a few close families over, and celebrated Snowman Style!
This was actually a
really inexpensive and easy theme to do - I baked the cakes in tiered-sized springform pans, iced with white icing and decorated with chocolate and candy! I bought a 1" circle punch, punched a whole bunch of black circles, and transformed paper plates into a Frosty banner! We brought out all of the snowman paraphernalia that we had in the house from Christmas, and we had our decorations! Hendrik was
thrilled with the result, and everyone had a great time. This year, he's turning 3. In a week. And I still have
no idea what we're going to do, but the party is going to be delayed until after our trip to Florida - so I have a bit of time, still!
This month, Sears Canada is celebrating a 1st birthday of their own - it has been one year since Carter's & OshKosh were welcomed onto the floor in Sears stores across Canada! I don't know about you, but Carter's & OshKosh are pretty much my all-time fave brands to dress my wee little ones in - they're super cute, very stylish, and
always so cozy & comfortable! So, I would say that this partnership with Sears is
totally something to celebrate!!
In the
very European tradition, they're celebrating this birthday by giving
you a gift: On this blog, you can win a $50 Sears gift certificate, and
over at the Sears website, you could win a family of four trip to Orlando, sponsored by Carter's & OshKosh! Your trip includes Trip includes hotel and air (direct flights from Canada-destination!); Full-size rental car with unlimited mileage and loss damage waiver insurance; and Passes to an Orlando attraction and dining passes! Who's excited?!
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My most memorable birthday was when my parents took me to playland on my birthday. We had such a fun day!
ReplyDeleteWe always kept it very low-key for the first birthday - once even just a Rice Krispie with a candle in it :) One tradition that we always have to look through the birthday child's first-year scrapbook together. What a joy to see how much they have grown.
ReplyDeleteWe have been keeping all three of our kids birthdays low key with just family but that will change with our oldest now in Grade 1...
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I do like planning birthday parties :). We still keep it relatively inexpensive (I buy all the decorations at the dollarstore), but I do love planning a good themed party! Helps that the girls are two for one ;). So far we've only done parties for family/close church friends, but in the future I might tone down the party themes when we start adding school/friend parties to the mix (Probably next year when J is in grade 1)! I loved H's snowman theme, btw! It looked great! Curious to see what you try for his 3rd birthday!
ReplyDeleteWe had a big family gathering for my oldest but then we moved really far away from all of our family and friends so my second son had a low key 1st birthday with just us...but it was still fun!
ReplyDeleteAww! Love the snowman theme! For my Little One's first birthday, we had a Hello Kitty theme.
ReplyDeleteI kept it simple. I just had the grandparents over and we had some homemade carrot cake and a couple of gifts.
ReplyDeleteCute snowmen! I usually like to have close family and friends too. :)
ReplyDeleteoh ya, I went all out!! We did a peter rabbit themed party and had a ton of friends over, it was so much fun. My Little guy was already walking/running by 1 year old, so he was running all over the place, picking up presents and throwing the tissue and laughing like crazy. lol.. great memories!!
ReplyDeleteWe have had the grandparents and aunts and uncles over for their first birthday, usually a BBQ
ReplyDeleteWe've kept it simple (but fun) for our kids' first birthdays. A cupcake with a candle, some balloons, family to celebrate with, and a couple gifts.
ReplyDeleteI went all out for my boys 1st birthday party! I have twins and they have the same friends and family a couple hours away so I just throw one huge party!
ReplyDeleteWe kept it simple. We had the immediate family go up to my Mum's. It was nice. They will get bigger as he gets older! :) (Maggie K.)
ReplyDeleteMy most memorable birthday was actually last year's birthday when we traveled 2 hours to go to a special restaurant to celebrate my birthday.
ReplyDeleteI went all out - I decorated the house (Cat in the Hat theme), had a fancy cake made, bought all matching supplies, and invited lots of people. It was awesome and I have a great photobook made to capture the memories.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note, thanks for teaching me how to copy and paste Facebook posts!
ReplyDeleteIt's right before Christmas, so it was going to be a gong show no matter what! We did a drop in potluck afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI went simple. His birthday is mid July, so we just went to the park, threw down some blankets, and ordered pizza. There was a free pool for kids to play in, and it was a great time!
ReplyDeleteWe went all out!!!!!! We had dirty kids full of cake after lolol
ReplyDeleteWe kept it fairly simple. The older she gets the bigger the parties will be.
ReplyDeleteMy most memorable birthday as a child was going camping with my family
ReplyDeleteNo, I've kept it simple for all 5 of my kids for ALL of their birthday's including their first. A couple gifts, yummy cake...that is all they need :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, my Mom took me and all of my friends to the circus for my birthday. That was a ton of fun!
ReplyDeleteI kept it pretty simple for my sons 1st,,which was a long time ago,,,,just family and a few friends.
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On my 7th Birthday party, my parents took us to McDonald's for dinner! Thought it was the best thing at the time! I remember we had so much fun, didn't take a lot to impress us back then! cheers
ReplyDeletei did go all out for my first ones bday
ReplyDeleteMy oldest son had a cold for his first birthday and I went in labour on his second birthday. We made up for it on his 3rd (and youngest son's 1st) birthday. Went all out on a party for them.
ReplyDeletepretty simple, a few relatives like aunties, Grandparents at most 6 people + 4 kids
ReplyDeleteKept it simple, cake and gifts with the family!!
ReplyDeleteWe just have friends and family
ReplyDeleteWe had a big party for my girls' first birthday but kept it much more low key for my little guys' first one!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have little ones quite yet, but we'll be keeping it simple for sure! I don't really remember any of my birthdays, but i remember a surprise party my little sister planned for me one year. It was kind of a flop, but super sweet and totally out of character for her.
ReplyDeleteour little one firtst birthday we had a huge bbq was awesome
ReplyDeleteJust a small get together with family at home.
ReplyDeleteMy kids first birthday's were both small. I figure they're pretty little so I didn't want to make a huge deal.
ReplyDeleteIt was simple we took him to a local kids place with the cages filled with balls, slides..etc...he loved it (Lori Jackson)
ReplyDeleteAlways made a special cake and kept it simple with family.
ReplyDeleteFlorence C
I kept it simple, and just have Grandparents, Aunts ect =) But do make 2 cakes one for the Birthday Girl/Boy to indulge in lol =) Oh the memories
ReplyDeleteI keep them simple and just invite family over but enjoy decorating big for them. For my third LO I did the Hungry Caterpillar theme - and planned my menu around that. Loved it and everyone had fun!
ReplyDeleteWe kept it pretty simple with our 1st, 1st Bday, with just family.
ReplyDeleteI kept it very simple with just immediate family and grandparents.
ReplyDeletewe just had important family over and a few decorations with a lot of finger foods. we tried to keep it simple
ReplyDeleteWe stayed at home and invited family and friends over for a party. If I had known about it back then I would have done a cake smash!
ReplyDeleteI invited more people then normal but didn't do anything too special.
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