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The first birthday is a day for the parents. We watched our little one grow from a clueless baby to an aware and more mature human. Even the city council knows it’s a big deal and gave me a rubber ducky set with a note that said congrats on surviving one year.

The first birthday party is definitely all about the parents. I planned Thea’s 1 year party for months, spending hours scrolling through Pinterest and Google. I collected her baby food jars from 7 months onwards, started making large colourful circles at 10 months, bought balloons, gifts and stuff early, found a fantastic caterer and mentally redecorated the hall a million times in the days leading up to the party.

The theme was about adventure, travel, colour and love. We set up a canvas with Thea’s pic and asked everyone to place their thumbprint on the canvas. We decorated the halls with colourful balloons, pinwheels, circles, ribbons, a home made ‘Happy Birthday Thea’ banner, paper planes, paper boats and flowers as centerpieces on each table. We wrote adventure quotes from children’s books on a huge white sheet and hung that as the backdrop for the cake table. We had three cakes of different flavours. Food was mini meals from around the world and we had a few tables laid out if guests wanted to sit down.

I wanted a lot more on the day and probably just over half of what I had planned happened. But I am so fantastically happy about how well the day went. The food was great, the décor was classy, the vibe was chilled, family and friends had fun, everything went smoothly, Thea was an absolute sweetheart, went to everyone and didn’t fuss at all. The caterers cleaned up after themselves and we hired someone to help clean the hall afterwards. Bam! My event, I QC’ed all the details of the party and it turned out to be an awesome party done with minimal fuss.

I am so proud of myself and grateful to everyone who helped make it a wonderful day.