Dash had his very first birthday party and it was a success.
It was a mini pumpkin patch outside.
With a donut hole bar inside.
I simplified this party, and only decorated with a donut hole garland.
When the pumpkin of the hour woke up from his nap, he was put into festive gear.
Then family and friends arrived.
Including the famous Tacky, who put finishing touches on our sign — like the perfect crow.
They all picked out their own pumpkin and then got decorating for the contest.
Then it was present time!
He loves our other two touch and feel books, so I knew a third would be a hit.
He touches every animal and then kisses the animal on each page.
And when we finish, he wants to go through it again.
But what Dash really liked was donut time!
Especially off of Great Grandpa’s plate.
The finished pumpkins, and the judging.
Brock took the prize!
Then a Denison kid picture.
Navy is with the other pumpkins in the pumpkin patch.
RoRo and Grey looked pretty good as scarecrows.
After the judging, they put their pumpkins in the patch, where the cutest pumpkin of all fit right in.
And then there was this other pumpkin sporting the booby prizes for participating but not winning.
Someone snapped this picture of the party planner who was surviving off of three and a half hours of sleep.
A little more mascara might have done me good.
I am particularly fond of the one year birthday party cake tradition.
This time I got smart and covered the ground and chair in plastic.
But there wasn’t much need.
I got this spice cake from Trader Joes, and it looked the part, but might have needed an acquired taste.
AKA it was gross.
So a minute into it, he was ready to get up and go.
but not before he took a few handfuls and chucked them on the ground.
I wanted him covered, and was completely unimpressed by the lack of mess.
Ka helped him out a bit with a frosting exclamation mark on his face.
It was a fun party, and on the way out — people started getting smart and wore sunglasses to combat the bright sun.
When the party was over, my little pumpkin crawled away in a huff.
I think he wanted to live his whole life in the little fairy tale that was “Dash’s First Pumpkin Patch”.
Me too.
Happy Birthday Dash.
My one and only scarecrow!
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