It's hot and muggy and rainy here in eastern Massachusetts today, which always tends to make me cranky. I can't stand it when it's humid.
I can't believe it's been a week since I've posted anything. The time always goes too fast, and it seems there's never enough time for the things we want to do (reading, seeing friends, going out to dinner, even doing little home improvement projects) because the basic mechanics of life take so much time and energy. Once the Peanut is fed and bathed and has had her fill of storytime, we finally get her to sleep and just want to collapse in bed ourselves.
Another thing I can't believe is that in four months she will turn 2. Where did that time go? Lately I've been collecting things to give to an officemate who is expecting twins, and it makes me think back to the Peanut's newborn days. Digging out the Boppy pillow from the basement to add to the pile, I recalled my short-lived attempt at nursing and the odd limbo that followed, as I pumped milk for 10 weeks after it became clear that the Peanut was having none of this "latching on" thing. I would sit in the rocking chair in our bedroom holding a suction cup to each breast, thinking about how silly I must have looked.
Luckily the Peanut has been quite healthy so far, even though she only got a tiny amount of breast milk, so there you go.
With her birthday coming up, I'm already starting to think about party planning. Anyone have any thoughts on good birthday party themes for toddlers? The child guests will range from roughly the Peanut's age to about 6. Any ideas are welcome.
3 comments:
Forget the theme and the expensive clowns and all that. Just have lots of food and lots of stuff for everyone to do and get people interacting. Decorating party hats with glue and feathers, stickers, markers and whatever was a big hit at Seans #1 b-day bash for the kids. Pin the tail on the donkey (the two grandmas played competetively), milk jug bowling, etc., water balloon toss, blindfolded birthday cake eating. Did I mention you should have this outside? There are a number of places on the web to look for ideas.
I like the idea of the interactive activities for the kids. At my daughter's first birthday party, we had it at a playground near our home, so there were plenty of things for the kids to do. I had cake and snacks and small party favors for the kids, so the kids stayed busy with playing on the playground equipment and playing with their favors. For the second birthday party, I guess I'll have to get more creative with the kids' activities!
I like the idea of the interactive activities for the kids. At my daughter's first birthday party, we had it at a playground near our home, so there were plenty of things for the kids to do. I had cake and snacks and small party favors for the kids, so the kids stayed busy with playing on the playground equipment and playing with their favors. For the second birthday party, I guess I'll have to get more creative with the kids' activities!
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