I love a good party theme, and when it came to celebrating Freddie's 1st last week, I had a built-in one ready to go: one of his silly nicknames from early on has been Freddie-Cakes, so what better theme than... cake!
It was a casual family gathering, so I kept things pretty simple with Paperless Post invites, a crockpot bbq dinner, and a balloon garland + banner as the main decor, which we set up in the outdoor tent space at our church. The best part of course was the cake display - my dad, our resident family cake baker, made my theme dreams come true by baking 3 different ones for us: chocolate with oreo mousse filling, butter cake with raspberry mouse and nutella frosting, and carrot cake (which might sound less exciting compared to the others, but his carrot cake is good). I don't super go in for the Pinterest-y smash cake thing, but Freddie loves textures of things so I thought he'd probably get a kick out of going at one, so I used a healthy-ish banana bread mix in a mini pan, frosted it up (yes, he got plenty o' sugar there), and let him at it. And yes, he loved it.
What fun - even if kind of mindblowing - to celebrate our Freddie's first! Didn't manage to get everything into a photo, but here's all of the supplies I used - plus cakes courtesy of my dad of course. Oh, and the tablecloth I actually dug up from Hendrik's first birthday party, where - surprise, surprise - the theme was pie.
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