My Baby is 1!

James turns ONE this Friday, March 16! I can hardly believe it. We decided to celebrate the weekend before his birthday. We had a "fish" themed party.

There was broad age range of people who attended the party and I wanted to make sure that nobody was bored.

I had 5 jars full of different "fishing" related food. People had to guess how many items were in each jar. Whoever guessed the closed to the actual amount, got to keep the jar.

Winners

Jar #1: Gummy Worms

Jar #2: Fishing Poles

Jar #3: Baby Goldfish

Jar #4: Multi-Colored Goldfish

Jar #5 Swedish Fish

I also made a "Let's Fish" corner and my niece and nephew caught some candy. I could tell some of the adults were itching for the prize, so we ended up passing the candy around.

We played a group game and all of the words in the game were related to fish/water. Round one you  describe the word. Round two you can only say one word. Round three you act out the word with no speaking.

I made dinner for the party which I don't think I'll do again. Too bad I don't like fish because it would have been cute to follow the theme. I strongly considered just ordering pizza and wish I would have done that. It would have been WAY easier! We had Philly Cheese-steak sandwiches as the main dish. The sides were macaroni and cheese (thanks Lindsey), potato salad (thanks Grandma), a fruit salad, a pasta salad, chips and dip, a veggie tray, and deviled eggs. For dessert I bought a chocolate cake from Walmart and also made Snicker-Doodle cupcakes. Our trash can has never been so full!

We had a great turnout. Grandma and Grandpa Denning came. My cousins Sam and Tanner came. My uncle Mike happened to be in town. Jeff, Lindsey, Simon, Esther, Joel, Jessica, Chris, my parents, Grandma Langlois, Heather, and Doug were all there. Heather and Doug were an added bonus who were in town because of their dad's death. We considered cancelling the party because my grandpa passed away the night before, but it ended up being nice to have something happy to think about and distract ourselves with.

James was spoiled rotten and has a plethora of new toys. I'm thrilled. James is such a happy boy and an amazing sleeper. It's hard to remember what life was like without him. 

Confession... I'm the worst mom because I'm headed on a girls' trip on James' actual birthday. I'll get to see him the morning of his birthday though. Good thing we already celebrated!