Baby Boys First Birthday

There are a ton of themes. Usually people choose whatever the child is into. Blues clues, trains, sports, Dinosaurs are usual little guy themes. On guests family and friends, however many would like to come BUT have them RSVP. That way you know how few or many people and kids to expect. For toys little people are awesome, B.C. Builders are great too, Thomas the train, and Duplo. All of those can be easily disinfected and they can get passed down to any other siblings he may have. On the location I'm sorry that is a trashy place. If it's all about the food then the woman would be dressed with some class but they are NOT about the food. You have to decide what is and not appropriate but there wil never be a day when I'll tell my son or daughter that places like that are ok. I have no idea why anyone would think this is a good place for a childs birthday party when there are so many other places that are appropriate. Your house, friends house, or another family members house, the playground, a picnic at the lake, the list goes on and on. Why you would consider about a place like that is honestly beyond me. I'm not trying to be mean or anything to you but thats a really bad idea in my opinion.

It's his FIRST birthday!! Make it easy on yourself so YOU can enjoy it!! He won't remember; he'll only see the pictures!! So have family and friends over (a picnic or a potluck is fun and easy), give him a cake of his own to "eat"/play with, have fun foods available that HE will enjoy eating, let him roam around visiting with "his" guests, and get LOTS of pictures!! Family and fun is much more important than a theme or making yourself nuts planning everything!!

For my son's first birthday we did a goodnight moon theme. My friend makes cupcakes so she decorated them with that theme in mind, we had some balloons (since my son loved them), party hats, and plates that said happy 1st birthday. I picked the goodnight moon theme because we read that book to him every night and he didn't seem to have any very strong interests at that age. We had the party at our home since he was still napping at the time and didn't want to risk him sleeping through the party if we paid to go somewhere or if he got tired he could rest if needed. We live 4+ hours away from any family so we only invited family which equaled about 30 people. I didn't go crazy with themes or details since the party is really for us than him and when we did his 2nd bday we made a bigger deal since he is able to enjoy what is going on. I would be careful with making plans to have the party away from home because I know for my guy he got tired quick and I read somewhere (I think parents mag) said that kids at that age can only handle about 1 1/2-2 hours of "partying" before they're exhausted and done. You don't want to expect much and be disappointed-hopefully some of this will help your case against Hooters. Oh and we got our son one gift--a wagon which he still plays with to this day. It was the best gift we could've gotten him since he can grow with it.

is your husband serious???????? First off, when is his birthday? My son's birthday is in October and I am planning on having a costume party for him. He's going to Jack Jack from the Incredibles. I can't wait!!
What kind of toys does you son like? If he likes rubber duckies for instance, have a ducky theme party. As for toys. .. .Go to toys R Us and look around there are a BILLION toys for toddlers. Anything you think is fun and worth buying should be good for your son. Or just get him a bunch of boxes since he'll end up playing with those more than the toys.

Haha! You can't have his birthday party at Hooters, but we took our son to have birthday dinner at Hooters several times. That's just us, but it was fun. The waitresses made a huge fuss over him and he loves nothing better than the King Crab legs there with butter. Plus, your husband will get some cool points for the photos you take when he's 12 or 14 (which I am sure has crossed your husband's mind).
You can't have the party at Hooters because you will shock and horrify a good deal of the other mothers. But, here is my suggestion. For my kids' one-year old parties, I just made some adult food, some kid food and a cake and made it into an extended playdate. Moms sat around and talked and the kids played with my kids' toys. For a one-year old, nothing else will make them happier anyway. In the summer, you could do something like put a baby pool in the yard and do a little hot dog and hamburger barbecue. Or you can do pizza and cake. Easy. Themes, party games, clowns, etc., pretty much lost on the one year olds and your party has to include the parents because no kid is coming without their parents and the parents will stay. The other idea is to do something like Chuck E. Cheese or McDonalds. The problem with those parties at that age is that the Moms will each be chasing their kids, who won't play with or parallel to each other (because there are other kids and too many distractions) and it will cost you lots more. The only thing I would do in a theme are plates and cups, party hats and the cake if you buy it or are a whiz at decorating. One-year olds like that -- just pick something he likes at the nearest party or dollar store. Plus, he will be happy if you just invite a few kids over, so you don't have to prepare for tons of people. The other thing kids like at that age are goodie bags (well, all kids like them). Again a trip to the party or dollar store (dollar store lots cheaper) and you are set, esp. if you only have a few kids over.

We did a monkey theme for our son's first birthday and had it at home. After inviting family, close firends (like family), and a couple friends with kids our son's age, we had close to 50 people. It was crazy! Along with a few monkey items I created out of foam, I got light blue and lime green plates, napkins, tablecloths, etc. I cut out/punched out lots of circles in blue, green, and brown. This included some large circles that said Happy, Birthday, and Brody, that I strung together with fishing line to make my own mobiles. We had a smash cake all for him with a monkey face on it that our son slowly dug into, realized he really liked it, then made a mess! Tons of fun! Another cake, a sheet cake with a number one (made from rice krispie treat) with fondant for everyone else. We had people sign his cake with cake markers (they actually sell those!). Super cute! We took a picture before we cut it up of course. No games, but I did get small wooden puzzles with a monkey design you can color from Michaels (50 cents each) for the older kids and Monkey bath toys for the little ones. I had animal cookies in very small favor bags tied with ribbon and a monkey tag for all the kids. Food was simple- lots of finger foods the little ones would eat- fruit, goldfish, tortilla roll-ups, etc.
It was a wonderful party!
For presents- cars & trucks (tonka makes really nice ones for that age), balls, puzzles, wagon, mega blocks, musical instruments, a ride on toy.
Whatever you do, make it easy on yourself so you can focus on your son during the party :)

1st, tell your husband that is inappropriate. 2nd, Consider what your son seems to like (I know at 1yr it is hard). You could go w/ any of the 1st themes or go with something else completely...Thomas The Train, Sesame Street, Mickey Mouse, Baby Einstein (almost anything will work fine). Keep in mind, at this age the party is more for you and the pictures/memories because your son won't actually remember it. Keep it fairly simple. Maybe not overdue the theme but rather have a few key decorations with the themed items and then color coordinate the other stuff (keeps cost down a bit). Plan the time around your son's nap schedule...you don't want him fussy when time to do the cake and be prepared to open a lot of presents yourself. I suggest a tiny separate cake for your son to dig in for those pics. As for toys, at that age I would go strickly educational toys for his current age and above (but don't overdue it). Other ideas would be money or cds that can be put away for the future (he will not know the difference and it is something great to start).

Hooters sounds fun!! Think about it, for the 1st birthday, the kid doesn't know whats going on, the invited guests (the other 1 y/o's) don't know what's going on. Only the parents are sitting around trying to keep the babies happy and trying to have what is expected "a very traditional birthday party". So, relax, kick back, invite your friends and family and go eat wings!! You can always make them little cakes at home and do the cake all over the face pictures if you want, but this way, they're really have a party to remember :-)

PS, I took my hubby and twins sons (then age 2) to Hooters for the first time as none of my guys had ever been! I thought it was fantastic since my little guys kept flirting with the waitresses!!

For all of my kids' first birthdays, we only had family over to our house and I didn't bother with a theme. I figured the kids weren't going to remember it or care, and I probably wouldn't either, so why fuss with a theme? My favorite pictures from those events are the ones showing frosting all over my kids' smiling faces, and all you need for that is a cupcake/cake made from a cake mix and canned frosting. It's that simple!

www.birthdayexpress.com has a lot of cute themes for first birthday...also try Oriental Trading or Party City for theme ideas. Our "theme" was 1st birthday i.e. "1 is fun" - I figured it was a milestone so let's celebrate it. His 2nd birthday is next week and we are doing a farm theme and having a cookout. This way the adults can enjoy it too. We don't have any family locally so we are inviting our adult friends and people with kids. Although we get a lot of weird looks when we do - I guess it's customary to only invite family to little kid parties but that would mean no one for us.

We kept my son's first birthday fairly simple - family and a few close friends - at our house. We did some standard Happy Birthday decorations - color coordinated, but no real theme. Since my son's favorite toy at the time was a stuffed dog, we bought a cake with a dog decoration. Fruit, veggies, chips and dip for snacking. At this age, it's more a party for you than for him, so do something you'd like :)