We have had a busy month. And honestly I don't remember a thing because Gus and Luke's mom, Sonja, and I threw all three boys a whopper of a first birthday party and I am totally exhausted!!!! We held the party at Coldwater Canyon Park in Beverly Hills on Sunday Oct 24. It was the first sunny-ish day we had in about a week and a half so the outdoor party was perfect. Tons of people showed up-somewhere in the vicinity of 150 people. We had an overabundance of food but believe it or not most of it disappeared. I made 108 bagel sandwiches, HUGE pasta and quinoa salads, vegis for hummus, we had chips and salsa, a 6.5 pound chocolate cake, and 3 baby cakes. I started cooking at 6am on Saturday and finished 11pm that night. Thank GOSH I had my little elves Aunt Stacy and Gram helping me out. They took such great care of Otto-playing with him all day and taking him to the Children's Museum in Pasadena so I could cook for the party. And despite having a million movies to watch Trevor pitched in and took Otto for a long morning walk. And Grandps helped the next morning by slicing all 108 bagels. We were all a pretty great team! The boys LOVED the cake, especially Otto, who dug in like I've never seen before (after a brief cry when he got scared at all the attention and singing!). This was his first taste of refined sugar and he liked it! Singing happy birthday and eating cake was pretty much the only activity at the party because instead of opening presents we asked everyone to help Otto Gus and Luke raise money to build a clean water well in a developing nation AND they met their fundraising goal of $1,000!!!! It was a glorious day for so many reasons. The third photo is of Otto in the back of my Subaru sitting among all the groceries that I bought from Costco for the party. And the other 2 were at Toys R Us. Otto decided to help out Bert and Ernie rescue a cat from a tree and the first photo is of Otto trying out his new birthday present. I set him in the car to see if he would like it and he LOVED it. One of his new little tricks this month is that every time he sees something he likes he raises his hand over his head. It is the worlds cutest thing and he does it A LOT. Every time he sees a fan or a wheel or a dog or Gram and Grandpa or a bird or stairs, etc. We all love it and have started raising our hands when we like something too. Otto is such a trend setter. He's the best!
We have had a busy month. And honestly I don't remember a thing because Gus and Luke's mom, Sonja, and I threw all three boys a whopper of a first birthday party and I am totally exhausted!!!! We held the party at Coldwater Canyon Park in Beverly Hills on Sunday Oct 24. It was the first sunny-ish day we had in about a week and a half so the outdoor party was perfect. Tons of people showed up-somewhere in the vicinity of 150 people. We had an overabundance of food but believe it or not most of it disappeared. I made 108 bagel sandwiches, HUGE pasta and quinoa salads, vegis for hummus, we had chips and salsa, a 6.5 pound chocolate cake, and 3 baby cakes. I started cooking at 6am on Saturday and finished 11pm that night. Thank GOSH I had my little elves Aunt Stacy and Gram helping me out. They took such great care of Otto-playing with him all day and taking him to the Children's Museum in Pasadena so I could cook for the party. And despite having a million movies to watch Trevor pitched in and took Otto for a long morning walk. And Grandps helped the next morning by slicing all 108 bagels. We were all a pretty great team! The boys LOVED the cake, especially Otto, who dug in like I've never seen before (after a brief cry when he got scared at all the attention and singing!). This was his first taste of refined sugar and he liked it! Singing happy birthday and eating cake was pretty much the only activity at the party because instead of opening presents we asked everyone to help Otto Gus and Luke raise money to build a clean water well in a developing nation AND they met their fundraising goal of $1,000!!!! It was a glorious day for so many reasons. The third photo is of Otto in the back of my Subaru sitting among all the groceries that I bought from Costco for the party. And the other 2 were at Toys R Us. Otto decided to help out Bert and Ernie rescue a cat from a tree and the first photo is of Otto trying out his new birthday present. I set him in the car to see if he would like it and he LOVED it. One of his new little tricks this month is that every time he sees something he likes he raises his hand over his head. It is the worlds cutest thing and he does it A LOT. Every time he sees a fan or a wheel or a dog or Gram and Grandpa or a bird or stairs, etc. We all love it and have started raising our hands when we like something too. Otto is such a trend setter. He's the best! 
No comments:
Post a Comment