a baby shower i did for a friend this one time

details:

lily put the balloon on the chair so heather would know right where to sit

you should probably go buy a chantilly berry cake from whole foods right this minute

if heather's mom were to make another orange poppy seed cake and leave it on her counter you should probably bust in to her home and have a piece right this minute too

my friends are awesome at bringing delightful food. man oh man.

also i insisted we brought in volcano hot wings from suds brothers because that was one of her weird pregnancy things. she laughed.

my sister hanna blew up like 27 of those balloons stuck to the fireplace. lily did 2.

the treat table included aluminum take-home boxes. because i just know i always over do it but instead everybody got to take whatever they couldn't fit on their plate home with them.

my favorite paper straw, huge balloon, striped napkin dealer is shop sweet lulu.

our only activity: tie dye

(enough to fit baby girl all through her first year and matching shirts and underoos for her big brothers)

heather came back with her older 2 after the shirts had been washed so we could set this up and take these:

play with your kids: no. 1

i've had a lot to do with short people (kids, that is) the past couple years and gathered a lot of ideas. here are some of the fun things we've done. you should do them too.

rainbow day at the park:

*got all the kids and their moms and a couple dads around a big old rainbow-colored parachute. then we sang the hokey pokey. it seems like we had to change a few words. obviously putting your whole self in means running underneath and trying not to crash into someone else.

*gave everyone a long piece or two of crepe paper and sent them to run wild down the hills. bigger kids could handle a whole handful of rainbow. windy days are a bonus. also it was beautiful.

*snack that day=everyone's own graham cracker+small paper cup of frosting+whichever paste food color they wanted+popsicle stick to stir and spread. they felt important choosing their own color. go for the box of 12 by the cake decorating supplies. someone really might be wishing for maroon and you'll make their dreams come true.

*separate into groups of 3. each person gets a squirt of primary colored finger paint to rub all over their palms and fingers. then you stand in a circle and mash your hands up with your other 2 friends. red, yellow & blue turn into orange, purple & green.

*frozen colored ice cubes melting together in a baggy also fun color mixing but not nearly messy enough.

*end the day working together to make the biggest chalk rainbow in recorded history.