Birthday Party wrap up

MP is not officially one until tomorrow (at 9:10 p.m. to be precise (can you tell I'm struggling with this?)) so her monthly letter will be coming later. But her party was a smashing success (if I do say so myself).

We had 17 adults + MP, all of whom were related by blood except one who is an adopted uncle. I decorated with streamers and balloons for the tables and made place cards. We had three tables set up in order to accommodate everyone - one for the young folks, one for the women, and one for the men.

I served bbq for lunch. The only thing that I really cooked was the cake. Here it is:

It was very tiring to make, but I'm really pleased with how it came out. I can't promise that every child will have this cake for every birthday. My arm is still sore from the icing.

Dad made a chocolate on chocolate cake which was absolutely delicious.

MP had her own smash cake. Unfortunately she was so exhausted, she really wasn't that into smashing it.

I helped MP open her presents. She really really raked it in. Books, toys, clothes - everything a girl could want.

Dad and I worked very hard on a video montage of MP's first year. It's still a work in progress, although we were able to show a version of it at the party. There is no way I will be able to upload it to my blog, but I'm considering loading it to Youtube when it's done. We'll see.

All in all, it was a really fun party!