walking in a winterONEderland...

here is my favorite ONE-year-old!

now welcome to his
WINTER ONE-DERLAND!


graham was born at such a joyful time of year,

and i couldn't resist such a fun theme for his first birthday.

"OUR MOUTHS WERE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER,

OUR TONGUES WITH SONGS OF JOY."

-psalm 126:2

DECORATIONS

upon arrival guests signed graham's baby book

as they were greeted by a jolly snowman
(idea found here, with thanks to deela for sharing her florist wisdom).

on the mantle we repurposed his name banner from his sip and see (made by ashley)
and displayed it among candles and trees.

pictures throughout the months were displayed
on garland with snowflake ornaments, and topped with a "G."

tissue paper pompoms resembled snowballs over the serving table (made by mel)

EAT & DRINK

the spread included cake pops (also made by mel),

graham's smash cake (made by me),

reindeer food (carrots),

chicken bites (nuggets from chick-fil-a),

antarctic friends (penguin olives made by following directions found here),

freshly fallen snow mix (i used this recipe for puppy chow trail mix),

and cheese sleds with crackers.

we set up a hot chocolate bar with three flavors of cocoa to choose between

(french vanilla, creamy chocolate, or hazelnut)

and a variety of toppings too

(crushed peppermint, toffee bits, marshmallows, and whipped cream).

outside there was also "yellow snow" (frozen lemonade).

ACTIVITES

there were supplies for the kids to make snowflake collage ornaments,

and winter bird feeders using peanut butter and birdseed.

there was also a "photo booth" where snowflakes hung on the wall

and winter accessories were set out as props.

my favorite activity of all was watching g tear into his cake!

THANKS FOR COMING

bags of flavored hot chocolate mix were given as favors

and pictures of each family in the photo booth were printed
and used as thank you notes. 

it was a special day celebrating the wonderful blessing of this guy!