Wild One!

As I lay on the floor of my now 20 month old kiddos room because he isn't sleeping, I thought I should write his first birthday post! Holy Moly. Birthday post. It's been over 6 months! Clearly I have not been focused on writing.

We've been busy with so much but I'll get into that in another post! Onto Parker's first birthday!

Having a kiddo born so close to Christmas, you miss out on all the fun outdoor activities. Not that it gets THAT cold here in Abbotsford but it's rainy. So, I was very excited to have a summer baby! We've been pretty lucky the last few years in June with the weather. This year was no exception. The sun was shining. And it went perfectly with the theme! We did a "Wild One" theme. It was filled with everything outdoor! The kids got to play outside the whole time, which made the cleanup easy! Maybe one of my favourite parts of the party!

The first thing I made for the party was his own wild one shirt. Simple because who knows how long he'll wear it or how dirty he'll get it.  I made a lot of little decorations, like a banner for the cake but most of it we already had or i bought on bidding wars. I picked up these adorable lanterns for a few dollars. They don't work but for decorations, who cares. Plus we were able to re-use our cake stands from our wedding that Evan made. 

Sweet Koru Confections made the cake. To say she is talented is an understatement. This woman is amazing when it comes to baking! This is just something she does for fun! She needs a storefront pronto! Pop the cake on top of the cake stand and you'd think it was artwork.

I made the cupcakes and cookies with the ideas from Pinterest. It was only my second batch of cookies with flood icing and I think they turned out pretty good. They definitely tasted better than they looked though.

One of my favourite parts of the day was the Smores Bar. You have to have smores when you go camping. It's tradition! I needed something safe around kids, while still getting the melted chocolate.... So Fondue pot to the rescue! They were so good, plus there were extras to eat after everyone left! 

All in all it was a great day and a fun party! And maybe for his second birthday, I won't be so behind in posting about it!

And one more photo just because......