I can't believe my angels first birthday is here. I feel like it was just yesterday when my husband and I were getting ready to go to the hospital to welcome baby Xolei. But you know what they say, time flies when you're having fun. Watching her grow has been the best time of my life. I wouldn't trade being her mommy for the world.
I really wanted to share her birthday party. Choosing a theme was probably the hardest thing. I finally decided to go with a Winter ONEderland theme. I wanted to stay away from a character theme because I wanted to give her a chance to choose whatever she wanted when she was older.
These are the center pieces I used. The top picture were vases from Dollar Tree filled with fake snow. The snowmen are from Hobby Lobby, they were only $1. The following picture is a tree made of tulle with a snowflake ornament also from Dollar Tree to top it off.
With a black board from Walmart, some chalk markers, and help from my sister in law I was able to show off this beautiful board. It lists her firsts, favorite foods, words she can say, favorite shows, things she's accomplished, how many teeth she has, games she likes to play, and her weight and height.
My favorite part was our sweet table. It included a hot chocolate station, cookies, cake, cupcakes, and a smore bar.
I made melted snowman cupcakes.
The "snowballs" were actually white chocolate almond cookies. There were also snowflake sugar cookies and white chocolate pretzels.
This was the hot chocolate station. I used my crockpot for the hot chocolate which was just milk and Abuelitas chocolate. There were candy canes, caramel bits, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and sprinkles. I bought a black mini board from Walmart as well and had my sister in law use white chalk and a snowflake stencil. (her handwriting is a lot prettier than mine)
In the middle of it all was this amazing cake. I wanted it to reflect my daughters outfit for the day. I bought these letter dishes online and used the same chocolate I sprinkled on the tables to fill them.
This was the piñata, goodie bag, and prize table.
There was a chimney in the room so we used this pink tree with pictures of her smash cake session to decorate it.
I ordered this banner from Etsy.
We hired Elsa for the kids entertainment
I bought gingerbread houses and had the kids build them to keep those little hands busy. Because building these involve tideous work, I had prizes for the those who completed them. The prizes were popcorn containers filled with microwave popcorn bags and candy.
Overall the party was a success. Thank you to everyone who made it. It was so great to share this special day with family and friends. It was a ONEderful birthday!
