Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Happy Belated Birthday, Logan

Logan turned 1 about 2 months ago and we celebrated with 2 parties. We wanted to host his birthday at home, so decided to split up our friends and family.

On Friday night, March 8th - Logan's actual birthday - we had our family over for cake and pizza (Logan and I ate chili).

chili for baby

After dinner, Logan got his big birthday present - a Hape Wonder Walker. He immediately took off running down the halls with his new wagon. (Sidebar - this is his favorite push toy by far. He can climb into the bed and it holds his weight. He also loves to put stuff in the flatbed and push it around.)

toy review hape wonder wagon

Next it was time for cake. We have a tradition in my family to let the birthday boy or girl attack their own cake, while stripped down because this part can get messy. I made him a smash cake for the occasion. I used Cherrybrook Kitchen cake mix which is dairy, soy and egg free. I used Duncan Hines Classic icing because it is also dairy, soy and egg free. Thank god for allergy alternatives!

dairy free soy free egg free birthday cake

After singing to him, we allowed him to dig in.

dairy free soy free egg free cake

Except that he wanted no part in this cake. Maybe it was the large amount of people crowded around him, maybe it was being naked, who knows, but he didn't want any part of it. Cory finally helped him figure it out. 

smash cake

The next time, it was time to reboot and do the party again. This time during lunchtime with Logan's friends. We set up a ball pit in the basement - a huge hit with the 1 year old set.

Ball pit first birthday party

We also set up every pushing/walking/riding toy we could think of for the older kids. They had a blast!

Playskool push cart

push cart little tykes car

We decided to give Logan a cupcake this time. We thought he might not be so intimidated by the cupcake....but he was horrified when it was time to sing. My nephews photo bombed our family picture making it the best shot of the party!

photo bomb

After we calmed him down, we fed him cake and took the obligatory family photos.

baby's first cake

happy first birthday!



We also got a shot of all Logan's Hall Mercer friends. He has known these kiddos since he was 6 weeks old! Wouldn't it be great if they were all at each other's weddings one day? Am I the only one who thinks like that?

first birthday party friends



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