Emily
“Do you have any Christmas sensory activities that won’t end with a jingle bell in her mouth?” my sister asked, holding a very damp, very smug ten-month-old. “Define ‘won’t,’” I …
Here’s a number that stopped me mid-scroll: a one-year-old’s stomach holds roughly one cup of food, total, per meal. One cup. Yet the average first birthday spread I see on …
The frosting hit the ceiling fan first. Then it hit the dog. Then it hit my sister-in-law’s cream silk blouse, which she wore, inexplicably, to a one-year-old’s smash cake photoshoot. …
1. Winter ONEderland This is the theme every Pinterest pin on this list circles back to, and there’s a reason it wins. The wordplay writes itself – “one” tucked inside …
Most first birthday decoration guides are just shopping carts wearing a blog post costume. You click, you scroll past three paragraphs of nothing, and you land on a grid of …
What actually happens at a one-year-old’s birthday party? Not a two-hour garden fete. A 90-minute window between naps, a baby who might cry at the singing, and a cake that’s …
I want to tell you about the balloon arch that ate my Saturday morning. Three hours before guests arrived, I was on a stepladder in my kitchen, hot glue searing …
She’s got a hot glue gun in one hand and a bandana-wrapped mason jar in the other, trying to figure out if a plaid teddy bear centerpiece looks rustic or …
Here’s a number that surprised me: the average round table centerpiece only needs to survive about four hours before it either goes home with a guest or gets shoved into …
Grab your teddy bear and your swatches, because this blue palette needs to be right before you buy a single balloon. A blue teddy bear baby shower theme lives or …