The Blanchard Family: Grace's Birthday Party

Friday, November 21, 2014

Grace's Birthday Party

We celebrated Grace's birthday a couple weeks early as my dad was going to be out of town the weekend of her real birthday. We invited our families over for an evening of food and fun to celebrate Grace turning one. Everyone arrived about 5:30 and we enjoyed some tacos, cheesy potatoes, chips and salsa, fruit and relishes. Of course as soon as people started to arrive, Grace went into "cling to mommy" mode, so she wasn't too sure what to think of everything. :) After dinner, we hung out and chatted for a while, and the older kids went outside and played. Next, we opened presents, Kyler and Norah had already decided they were going to open Grace's presents for her. I heard Kyler tell Norah a couple days before the party that "You can open 10 presents, and I can open 10 presents, okay Norah?". I quickly reminded them that it was Grace's birthday and although she is not able to do a lot of things yet, she could probably do a little opening herself. :) Grace of course thought the paper was great, and once I helped her get started, she was able to hold on and tear the rest off. She was then very interested in everything that was inside the box. :) After presents, we had cake and ice cream. We sang happy birthday to Grace, and she just sat there :), and then let her have a cupcake. I knew she wouldn't dive right in, as it has taken her a while to get used to eating solids. She picked at it for a bit, and then started squishing it between her hands. She spent a lot of time just playing with the frosting and cake in between her fingers. Finally, she went to stick her finger in her mouth out of habit, and realized there was frosting on there and thought it tasted pretty good! :) She had a few more licks and ate a few bites of cake, but not too much. After cake and ice cream, people chatted for a bit longer and then headed home.

We had such a fun time celebrating Grace turning one! We are always so blessed by our wonderful families that come to help us celebrate. Happy first Birthday Grace!