For Alex's first birthday we decided to throw a party for all his friends at our house. It is such a milestone, not only for him, but for all of us and I wanted it to be very memorable. We had 20 of his 'closest' friends over for lunch and play. Mom turned the backyard into a huge playground. We had a bounce house and lots of giant sized blocks borrowed from the community center. It looked fabulous. The theme was cars, trucks and things that go. I made a truck cake but it didn't look so great (tasted awesome) so I had two other back up cakes. Yes, I was up til midnight every night the week before. All the kids had an awesome time. I know they say only have one child over for every year the child is turning, I went a little overboard but is was so worth it-you only turn 1 once. Alex went full force into his cake and loved the ice cream, but not his hand getting cold. It took about an hour to open all of his wonderful presents. Needless to say it was exhausting but soooo much fun to see all of his friends helping to celebrate his special day.
