Whew, the first birthday

Since my mother won a silent auction item for the Baylor Spirit Squad to make a birthday party appearance at the babies' birthday, it has been a whirl-wind last 3 days to get it planned and scheduled.

Their birthday is actually on a Wednesday so we have always said we would have their party either the weekend before or after. That sounds easy enough.....no quite. My husband's mother will not be here the weekend before and the weekend after is Valentine's Day. The Spirit Squad have games the Saturday before and the Saturday after. So, my husband and I discussed it and basically just had to make a decision that we hope, at least, will cause the least amount of re-scheduling for everyone.

First, we called the Baylor squad sponsor and asked about the Sunday after, which is actually Valentines' Day. My husband and I are not big "Valentine" people but I know that college students can be. The sponsor called me back the following morning and said that if the party is in the afternoon, which it will be because that is the longest time period that the babies are awake, that she already had 6 commitments from people to be there. That actually worked out 2 of the possible date conflicts - both grandmothers will be here and the Baylor Spirit Squad (the majority of them) are available.

Next, since we will be inviting friends with children of all ages to enjoy the Baylor Squad, we needed to find a location. The Arboretum is nice but ended up being out of our price range. I hit the jackpot with the Woodway Family Center. It also is available on 2/14 and is affordable. We will have access to the gym for the Squad and children to play and another room for food set up.

Last nite I worked for about 5 hours - really - looking on line for invitations. There are just no choices for boy/girl twin 1st birthday. Everything is either gender specific or color specific. Finally, I found a puppy dog invite that is red and teal. I can work with this. If nothing else, I can just use a plain red and white color scheme - it is Valentines' Day as well. Those were ordered this morning and are to be here by the end of next week.

I have left to find someplace to order cupcakes, buy the plates/cups/napkins (again red if nothing else), and come up with goody bags. Not in a big hurry for those things, however. I have time to make those arrangements and I will need to get a feel from the RSVP's to see how many to order/make. So, I have a few weeks break....at least I hope I do.