Help needed, please, and quick!!!

[LenaGardner]

Parker is turning one in three weeks. His birthday is on Monday the 18th so I had to decide whether to party the weekend before or the weekend after... I meet wasband once a month to get Nathan for the weekend and I've decided in May I want to get him for Mother's Day weekend. Meaning...we're moving Parker's party up to the 9th. That's 9 days before his actual birthday but I don't care. :D What I DO care about is that doing this shortens my planning time!


I will have to make a trip to the party supply store in Lexington this weekend and see what I can specifically get, but I need party ideas!

Since he'll only be one once and it's my LAST first birthday, I kind of want to do the baby boy blue "one" theme to the max. But it's a little cliche. But I kind of want to do it anyway :p

I think it would be so cute to do a Hawaiian theme and dress Naomi in a grass skirt, buy Parker a Hawaiian print shirt (my DH was born in HI), and give out Leis, etc....

That being said, I can totally use that idea any year and the "1" is only good for this once.

Help!

Do I go traditional or what?

My bf and I were pg together and she's doing bugs for her ds's party and they're doing it in the backyard. I think that's darling. But me, I'm stuck.

Thanks girls!

[ColleenSwerb]

Well, will Naomi allow you to dress her in a grass skirt next year? That would color my decision, lol.

[Leila]

I'd go traditional for the final "1" party. The Hawaiian thing can, like you said, be done any year!

[sprauncey1]

I'd go for the traditional! Pretty soon you can't do the baby blues (or call him a baby anymore) so I say Live It Up now! You have many more years to be creative with themes!

[newfiemountiewife]

I'd go traditional for the final "1" party. The Hawaiian thing can, like you said, be done any year!

^^This!^^

[lovely1m]

I agree, I would do the traditional blue 1 year thing. Its the last baby.

[Shawna]

I would do the baby blue boy "one" theme, that's what I did last year for Kyle's first birthday and it was so cute. I found the plates, napkins, decorations etc. at Walmart and then ordered his cake to match. It was a cupcake cake in the shape of a one!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3487636610_e21bbb7c5f.jpg?v=0

http://www.birthdaydirect.com/images/fun-at-one-boy-dessert-plate.jpg http://www.birthdaydirect.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/fun-at-one-boy-beverage-napkin-09.png&w=225&h=225
http://www.birthdaydirect.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/fun-at-one-boy-tablecover-09.png&w=225&h=225 http://www.birthdaydirect.com/product_thumb.php?img=images/fun-at-one-boy-cup-09.png&w=225&h=225
http://www.birthdaydirect.com/shop-1st-birthday-party-supplies-fun-at-one-boy-c-33_57.html?osCsid=8r436mb2f93egfvjhiur94jj25

[LenaGardner]

That is fantastic Shawna! I would love to do something like that!

[sczos911]

Yeah - blues. :) You can do Hawaii nect year.

I made Evie (DD#2) a T-shirt that said "The BIG one." At the time, she had the chubbiest baby hands, feet and thighs. :)

[Shawna]

Oh yeah Kyle's outfit matched too! I got lucky and found at Target (I think) the cutest little blue plaid shorts that were the exact colors and then paired them with a blue t-shirt.

His 2nd birthday is this Sunday and we are doing a Diego party since that is his fave cartoon of the moment and I think I'm going to order another cupcake cake in the shape of a two to match his stuff this time! I order them from Walmart and they are actually cheaper than a regular cake of the same size if I remember right.

[ajf9597]

I agree, blue 1 and then Hawaiian next year.

[kim21673]

I went traditional for the first birthday...had the favors that said 1 and everything else to go along with.

We didn't go for all the blue though but found a baseball 1st birthday kit and then bought some red, white and blue accessories to go with...GO CUBS!!! We found a baseball shirt that had the #1 on it. The party stores have lots of first birthday goodies!!

Good luck (the little grass shirt and hawaiian shirts sound soooo cute though)