I have no idea what to plan for Amelia’s birthday party this weekend!
Should I get ice cream? Balloons? Banners? Other Birthday Party themed decorations? I just don’t know.
There probably isn’t going to be other children at the party (Olivia will be there but she’s only 6 months old and we don’t know if Gracie is going to attend (she’ll be two in April)). The party will be mostly adults (who act like kids if that counts). We’re anticipating about 15 people, give or take (some people haven’t RSVP’d to my email and I’m looking at someone in northern MD), but I don’t have an exact number.
I talked to my Mom last night and she asked me if I was going to have any balloons and other decorations and I told her that I wasn’t planning on it and she said I was being a ‘mean mommy’. I don’t think Amelia is going to remember her first birthday (I don’t remember mine, do you remember yours?) so I don’t want to spend money on unnecessary things (like balloons and such; plus things that could be a choking hazard), but at the same time I don’t want to down grade the importance of this milestone (but, at the same time, I don’t need to spend a lot of money to ‘show off’ this milestone). I feel torn between the two. I mean, this is exciting; Amelia is turning a year old – I’ve been a mother for a whole year (and survived), but this isn’t something to go ‘balls out’ and celebrate, in my opinion. And, if I were to do anything ‘fancy’ it would be due to others (my Mom) influence, or ‘peer pressure’, to make this event more than necessary.
B’ah!
