On Damon’s birthday, Chris took a vacation day from work. He also did this for Avery before she was in school. It makes the birthday that much more special to have Daddy home from work. We enjoyed lunch together (where Damon ate more of Avery’s sandwich than she did) and then dessert at our favorite local
fro-yo shop. Then we went home to give a few presents to Damon.
Avery wanted to give Damon a train set. So we found a durable wooden one that can expand with add-on sets. He might not be ready for this right now, but it won’t be long before he’s zooming the trains along the track. In the meantime, Daddy and Avery enjoy playing with the trains!
When it came time to plan the family birthday party, I was a little stumped on a theme. I knew Chris would want a sports theme since he’s endured six years of Avery’s girly parties.
So when I found this adorable invitation on a designer’s website, I knew we found the perfect first birthday party theme. Chris agreed and fell in love with planning a baseball party.
After we decided on the theme, the rest quickly fell into place. We planned a menu full of food found in baseball concession stands or on the baseball field itself:
I also found a relatively easy-looking baseball cupcake online. It was a little time consuming to make all of the stitches on the cupcakes, but they turned out pretty well. I was just glad that everyone recognized them as baseballs!
Damon enjoyed opening presents for a few minutes. Then he was done with all of the commotion.
Daddy didn’t mind finishing the job himself. I think he enjoyed the room full of boy toys and clothes. It was a nice change of pace from the Barbies and pink skirts he’s survived with Avery.
My handy sister found this activity board online and created it herself. It’s filled with hardware that Damon can spin, pull and push. The Internet is a wonderful place for ideas for us non-creative types!
The final activity was the cupcakes.
I was a bad mommy and completely forgot to turn on the video camera when we sang “Happy birthday.” But Damon didn’t flinch when the entire room burst in to song for him!
