All these birthday extravaganzas! The decorations are fantastic and pictures are so cute! Ours looks pretty lame in comparison. We had a GREAT time but our decorations consisted of a couple happy birthday banners and some of those paper ball things hung up in a pavilion in the park. And we still haven't scheduled any professional pics. Ever. No newborn pics, no monthly pics, no 1 year pics. I'm such a slacker mom!
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Clearly N. would be thriving even THAT much more if Mom were more "with the program"
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Well then I'm on the bus to Slackertown with you! LO's party is this weekend and we will have friends up to enjoy food, play and chat. I will make sure I video his first encounter with cake, and take some pics with our camera, but that's it. I prefer just to spend time with everyone and not spend a million hours on what everything is going to look like, I guess I feel my time is better spent elsewhere
I agree with this. At this age, the details of the party are more for the mom than the baby -- the baby is perfectly happy just being surrounded by people who love him or her and getting to bat around some tissue paper. I also LOVE paper crafting and baking, so making the kids' party hats and some banners and an extravagant cake was a lot of fun for me. I don't have much time to make stationery and do the crafty things I used to anymore, so I use a couple of big events each year (Christmas, LO's birthday, etc.) to tap that creative side of myself, and it feels SO good. The crafting and baking is therapeutic as I do it, and then I am so proud of myself when I am done it. But LO doesn't know or care about all these homemade details... so, your NOT doing them doesn't in any way make you a slacker mom. It just means that it isn't your thing. And there's nothing wrong with that at all. As you said, you all had a GREAT time at your party, and that's all anyone will remember, and that's all that matters!
My two boys are getting a surprise May 2015!
Photos from Libby Hilf Photography
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
I tried to do some nice things for DD's party, but nothing turned out the way I wanted. Still, everyone had fun. And we only invited family (11 guests) because I personally think inviting all your friends to a 1 year old's party is silly. So it was a small party, the weather was incredibly hot, it rained and we had to take everything inside, but DD had fun (not that she knew any different) and our families had fun. You aren't inadequate! Some people like to have big parties, some people don't. No need to play the comparison game.
We have never taken pro pics either. I did them myself. They definitely didn't look professional and its obvious I did them in my backyard but we saved money and I think they look fine. In fact, I think the best pics are the ones you snap spur of the moment...I find that LOs make the best faces when you aren't trying to make them pose :-)
If you are interested in a great photographer in the area, I can give you the info on mine. You are more than welcome to check out Nico's pics too. She is very reaonable and comes to your house, so it was very little effort on my part. The pictures are awesome too, if I do say so myself!
Definitely! Let me know who you used!
While I don't "agree" on spending oodles of time on crafts, I guess I have less of an issue with it if crafting is a hobby of yours and you enjoy it, it's relaxing, etc. It probably means you are making things all the time, and why not make things for a party.I think my real problem is with the martyrs that "sacrifice" work or sleep for a whole week (or more) before the party to "prepare"... If you've got the time, great, but don't stress out if you don't have the time, or the ability to hand make every thing at the party.
Why thank you! Will I see you this Sat for Max's party?!
Yes martyrdom is not my style. Especially about things like party favors and decor, its so not not worth it. To me if it stops being fun its time to stop. Even with O's up coming party there are things I would love to do but I just will not have the time to do it all or the ideas just will not work with an outdoor party.
I hope we can make it to Max's party but we may be out in CT with a realtor looking at properties. I hope to know by tomorrow night if we will make it. But even if we cannot make it for the party we are still totally on for Six Flags on Sunday.