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August 2011 Moms
For those of you having a 1st birthday party...
Are you having your LO's party on their actual birthday or the weekend before/after?
Just wondering what everyone is thinking of doing. I need ideas 
Thanks!
Edit: Where are you having your party? Indoors/outdoors? Home or park? 
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Re: For those of you having a 1st birthday party...
Weekend before. His birthday is on a Wednesday and we are having the family party on Sunday. I know it is going to be outside, I just have not chosen the location. Our house is way to small to have that many people.
If everything goes as planned, we will be celebrating his real birthday at the Space Needle.
We are doing it on her birthday because its my birthday as well so DH took off a few days(he works away) so he wont miss it. I told him that August 22nd is now a sacred holiday to him because both of his girls share the same day.
We arent going crazy bananas either though. Just close friends and family at the house but still doing a theme.
Our party plan is to do it outdoor because it will be part pool party.
Mommy loves you Eevee!
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Actually Birthday- Sunday 26th.
Our house because invited list is 180 and usually around 100 come, Dh has a BIG family ( 60 is just aunts and uncles and first cousins who are all kids and younger then us). We have tents, tables and chairs this will be 4th party at our house this big.
Pink/Brown Giraffe theme- making everything myself via photoshop
Already started making goodie bags and collecting favors
Also already started buying bday gifts for DD
Her birthday is on a Thursday and we are having it the Sunday after at a local park. Our house is too small to accomodate anybody. We will rent a pavillion that includes a water source, charcoal grill, and there are beach volleyball courts and an enormous playground, as well as a pool. I wanted a "picnic in the park" theme, with red gingham fabric, ants, kites, watermelon, etc. and that morphed into a watermelon theme.
DD's birthday is the 29th, so we will always and forever be running into Labor Day weekend and people traveling out of town, etc. This year, we're going to keep it low key with immediate family, so I'll be asking all of our parents if they have a preference. I think everyone will be in town, so we may just end up having a birthday celebration in lieu of a normal Labor Day bbq get together.
My parents are working on putting in a pool in July, so I'm hoping that will be done in time to have the party at their house! If not, we have a two story deck and a big side yard, so we would probably look to have an evening party outdoors around dinnertime. I think an outside party in the afternoon will probably be way too hot, and DD is a night owl and never goes to bed till 9pm anyway, so a dinner BBQ would work out great. I can't believe it's coming up so soon and we're already thinking about planning!