A Birthday Party Fit For A King...Or For A One Year Old!
How do you celebrate a first birthday? If you live in our house, apparently you skip the first birthday and throw a party fit for a coronation celebration! Last Saturday we celebrated Quinn's First Birthday by hosting a Pig Roast in our neighbor's backyard. The whole evolution of this party looks something like this:
Maria: "Let's have a Survivor Party to thank our friends for helping us "survive" Quinn's first year since we really don't have any family down here."
Family: "You're throwing a Survivor Party? We want to come!!!"
Maria: "Wow...we now have 80 people coming, we can get a pig and have a pig roast in the cul-de-sac!"
Neighbors: "We have a great backyard...why don't you have it in our yard?"
Maria: "What an amazing offer...that would be so fun!"
A few days later after committing to a pig roast for 80 in the neighbors backyard...
Maria: "What would we do if it rains? We're going to have to get a tent...and we can't have 80 people tracking through the neighbor's house to use the bathroom...we'll have to get a port-a-potty."
Brad (shaking his head in disbelief): "That's my wife."
So...we had an amazing pig roast/luau/Survivor party! Despite the weather forecasting nasty weather, we found the perfect window of beautiful weather and took full advantage of it. The pig was on the rotisserie smoking by 9am and guests started arriving around 2. The kids all LOVED running around the yard playing with the oversized beachball, footballs, and scoops and balls. The adults enjoyed not being bothered by bored children, the beer and wine, and good company. Quinn spent a lot of time dancing to the music and smiling at all his favorite people including his grandparents, all his aunts and uncles, and his 6 cousins! He was such a lucky boy.
Oh yes, and for those of you wondering, Quinn is 29 3/4 inches tall (17th percentile) and 19 pounds 8 ounces (8th percentile). He's getting so big! His new favorite food (other than cheese) are grape tomatoes. He devourded have a pint already today!
Enjoy the pictures!
Maria: "Let's have a Survivor Party to thank our friends for helping us "survive" Quinn's first year since we really don't have any family down here."
Family: "You're throwing a Survivor Party? We want to come!!!"
Maria: "Wow...we now have 80 people coming, we can get a pig and have a pig roast in the cul-de-sac!"
Neighbors: "We have a great backyard...why don't you have it in our yard?"
Maria: "What an amazing offer...that would be so fun!"
A few days later after committing to a pig roast for 80 in the neighbors backyard...
Maria: "What would we do if it rains? We're going to have to get a tent...and we can't have 80 people tracking through the neighbor's house to use the bathroom...we'll have to get a port-a-potty."
Brad (shaking his head in disbelief): "That's my wife."
So...we had an amazing pig roast/luau/Survivor party! Despite the weather forecasting nasty weather, we found the perfect window of beautiful weather and took full advantage of it. The pig was on the rotisserie smoking by 9am and guests started arriving around 2. The kids all LOVED running around the yard playing with the oversized beachball, footballs, and scoops and balls. The adults enjoyed not being bothered by bored children, the beer and wine, and good company. Quinn spent a lot of time dancing to the music and smiling at all his favorite people including his grandparents, all his aunts and uncles, and his 6 cousins! He was such a lucky boy.
Oh yes, and for those of you wondering, Quinn is 29 3/4 inches tall (17th percentile) and 19 pounds 8 ounces (8th percentile). He's getting so big! His new favorite food (other than cheese) are grape tomatoes. He devourded have a pint already today!
Enjoy the pictures!
Uncle Brian and the Pig the Night Before
Uncle Anthony and Andrew Tending to the Pig
Cousin Anna and Corynn had a Special Gift for Quinn
Pig's Done!!
Grandpa Took Care of the Carving
Quinn LOVED the Music
Quinn Liked Mommy's Coconuts =)
This WAS the Cake
What a Good Sharer
Someone Needed a Bath!
Gift Time
We Finished the Night with Board Games
posted by Maria Pope @ 1:13 PM
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