Jade’s 1st Birthday Party

My beautiful daughter is turning 1 in a few short weeks, and we’re having her birthday party next weekend.  I am so nervous to do everything right since there are so many people judging everything I do around me.  We have so many people that want to celebrate her first birthday, so we had originally decided we were going to have 4 separate parties since there was no way we could fit everyone at our house.  Then, one day at the park, Jeremy noticed the pavilion at Warren Park and decided that if it wasn’t too expensive, we should rent that and have it there and just have 1.

So, we’re back up to 70ish people (if everyone comes).

I’ve got 2 cake molds and a 6″ round for her smash cake.  I think I’m going to do traditional vanilla for the cakes and an apple cake for Jade’s cake.

We decided on butterflies to be our theme for her party, so here’s what I”m thinking for snacks to serve:

• Butterfly bagels
• Caterpillar snacks
• Cheese ball and pita chips
• Butterfly salad
• Butterfly snacks
• Punch

Hopefully this will be enough and will not be too difficult to pull off. Hopefully Jade will love her cake and be a happy baby for me.

Butterfly Snacks

Ingredients

• 2 stalks celery
• 6 tablespoons cream cheese
• 12 large Pretzels
• 12 slivered almonds
• 18 raisins

Directions

1. Cut the celery into three equal parts.
2. Place one tablespoon cream cheese into each celery stalk.
3. Gently place one pretzel into the cream cheese on each side of the celery to form the wings (lengthwise).
4. Place the raisins at one end for the eyes, mouth and nose. Place the push the slivered almonds at the top of the raisins for antennae.