There are MANY more yummy pictures of the party and all the party details over at Pass the Cereal.  So head on over to Heather’s Blog to see more.

**UPDATE**

Ok, so I just realized I’ve already featured that party!  I think that’s the first time I’ve done that!  So….I’m gonna have you take a look at this other fabulous Milk and Cookies party from Nicki over at Nicksterland.

Please go visit Nicksterland to see many more Milk and Cookies party details!

Heather and Nicki listed their parties on the “First Birthday” page.  Have you seen these other great parties listed on the 1st birthday page:

Fairytale Princess

Milk and Cookies party for TWINS

ONE orange balloon

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The Cookies and Milk theme is one that I adore more and more every time I see it!  I love it as an idea for a first birthday!  And that  BIG ‘cookie cake’….how stinkin’ cute is that!  Scroll on down to have a look at all the details…..and I suggest you have some cookies and milk while you hang out here for awhile and check out all the great parties to see.

Enjoy……

Third child, first birthday…I almost skipped the party. I’m glad that some of my family urged me to get planning though as I loved how it turned out! And I found out that brainstorming with the 6-year-old can bring some amazing ideas to your theme! Our theme was Milk & Cookies/Bedtime Stories, because don’t those things just have to go together?

I found the perfect invitations from Tiny Prints. They were meant as a baby shower invitation suite, but I thought they worked perfectly for a one-year-old’s birthday (especially my one-year-old that refuses to stand up). So sweet right? There were pink & green options also, but given that I was sticking with a pastel color palette, these were the perfect fit!

The big kids usually collect donations at their friend parties and Jack thought it would be a great idea to collect books at Olivia’s party (even if she is little). So we collected board books for our local (and amazing) children’s hospital. I was so excited to see so many favorites!

The books actually served as party decor as we set them up along the sideboard as people arrived.

And hanging above the books were bright and cheery tissue paper poofs.

In fact we kept the decorations simple, with the tissue poofs and rows of gerbera daisies adding pops of color.

Well, I did do one batch of balloons for Olivia to go crazy flinging about. The face above is because she learned to close her eyes before the she sent them flying!

Wall decorations included a birthday banner and…

a photo time line from 0 months to 12 months, ceiling to floor.

And the food for the party was…A buffet of cookies & milk of course!

I used a circle design/logo throughout the party and couldn’t resist including a few more in these little frames on the table.

I baked six kinds of cookies for the party: Sugar Cookies, Snickerdoodles, Rainbow Swirl, Peanut Butter Kisses, M&M and amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies {recommended by southern daze}.

Strawberry, white & chocolate milk (because special occasions call for special milk).

My absolute favorite party suggestion from Jack was that all the kids come to the party in their pajamas! Soon after, EJ got these super cute milk & cookies jammies (in a batch of previously-loved clothes) and I set out to find equally cute jammies for the other two kids!

We emptied the toys out of our playroom, drew the shades, and set up a mini theater where the kids watched Bedtime Stories…

and ate lots of yummy movie snacks!

We created a keepsake book for Olivia out of a mini binder. I cut & hole-punched card stock to fit the binder and included a page with each invitation. Family & friends used the pages as a card, decorating them with stickers, drawings and notes to Olivia. The book came out better than I could have ever imagined.

The favor bags were these cute striped candy bags with a clear sticker on the front printed with one of five quotes from a favorite children’s book (4 star-themed & 1 Olivia bedtime quote thrown in for fun).

Each was filled with one of these yummy star cookies from a local baker {who you can shop with at her etsy shop}, sealed closed with a thank you logo seal, and partnered with a star cookie cutter. I have to give credit to Jack once again as the “star=nighttime” idea was all his!

This amazing chocolate chip cookie cake was made by our new friend Erin (thanks for the recommendation Auntie Sandy). You can check out more of Erin’s awesome creations here.

Olivia didn’t quite know what was going on, but she did seem to enjoy picking off the chips.

And apparently, unlike her mother, Olivia is not a huge fan of cake! We had to beg her to get a little dirty (I think her hair got the worst of it)!

Thank to everyone who helped make Olivia’s first birthday bash a huge success and for everyone who celebrated with us!

The gorgeous photography in this post is courtesy of {tsj} photography (thanks Auntie Tracie), and the less than stellar shots are from my trusty point & shoot!

Enjoy Susan’s Rubber Ducky Theme….

I enjoyed it soooo much! Everything was adorable!!

Have a Darling day!

Ok, whoever came up with the idea for a cookies and milk baby shower is a GENIUS!  I’m completely in love with this idea.  In fact if I hadn’t just mailed out the invites for the baby shower I’m throwing in a couple weeks I would’ve totally changed my theme!  Besides the fact that it’s a totally fun theme…Jen took the theme and ran with it!  I love her colors and love all her little details!

Enjoy Jen’s Cookies & Milk Baby Shower…..

when jamie and i saw the idea for a cookies and milk baby shower here… we knew we had to have one for jodie. we planned the whole thing on our drive to utah a couple months ago. it was so much fun. we both had the same idea for the color combination, which just happens to be one of my favorites right now! red. aqua. and pink. we were really happy with the way everything turned out!

jamie made the invites of course…

i was dying to do something with big round balloons. i actually wanted them a little bigger but they worked!

jamie made the cookie labels and the papers to go in the jars…

my mom, jamie, jen, tauni, and i all made the yummy cookies.

thanks for the help girls!

my mom also made the cute polka dot tablecloth

First we will visit Heather over at Cookie Mondays and check out her Bug Party

To see more bug party details and pictures visit the original party post.

Next ‘Along the Road’ is Leslie’s Pinkalicous Party…

visit the original party post to see more pinkalicous pictures!

Hungry from blog party hopping? Then head on over to Vanessa’s Cookie Swap!

Wanna see more cookie swap goodness? Visit Vanessa’s original party post!

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This ladybug birthday party is filled with plenty of sweet treats, fun decor, and family.  You can see how much love Jennifer put into this party for her little girl.  Please be sure to head on over to her blog to view the original party post for all the ladybug party details and plenty more pictures.

Djnoy Jennifer’s Ladybug party…..

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I threw a ladybug birthday party for my daugther’s 2nd birthday.  The colors were red and black.  I made a Happy Birthday Little Lady banner and we made ladybug antenaes for the guests.  We had ladybug cupcakes that were a huge hit with the kids.

My wonderful friend, Joy, made these adorable ladybug cupcakes. They were pretty tasty also.

Cookies and thank you notes.

Party banner and table setting

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Fig & Ruby to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Colleen’s Baking Birthday party…..don’t forget to click through to the original party post for MANY more details and pictures.

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The Invitations: My favorite feature? The envelopes were clear plastic and I threw in some adorable cake sprinkles as confetti. What a delicious way to be invited to a party!!

The Party: The girls made cookies and decorated their own mini cakes. I made each girl an apron and a chef’s hat. The chef’s hats were easy to make and oh so cute! You can make them by going HERE.

The Cookies: Here are the cookies I made for her to take to school on her “real day”. After going to great lengths to make the tray look just right, She informed me that it was “way too much” and “super embarrassing” and asked me if she could please just bring the cookies in a grocery bag. WOW…words can’t describe the mental toughness it took for me to allow this display to be dismantled and to throw the cookies in a bag. Perhaps next year we’ll just buy cupcakes at Safeway like all the other kids. Ha- let’s not get carried away!

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Emily’s Blog to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Emily’s Team Soccer party…..

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Ready, Set, Throw! How about a fun team party? Here are a few ideas for a “sports team” party!

{Ethan’s soccer team party: Simple & Fun}

{The Spread}
The menu: Grilled hot dogs, fruit kabobs, string cheese, chips, water bottles with our team name on them, cookies on a stick and soccer cupcakes for dessert!

{The invites}

{Party Cookies}

I just made sugar cookies and baked them on a popsicle stick, wrapped them up, & put stickers on the outside. For more picts and the recipe I used click here.

{Pinata}

What kids doesn’t love a pinata?! We had a soccer ball pinata which was not only a great decoration, but the kids LOVED it. We decided (on account of rain outside) that we would just have the kids actually KICK the ball around until the candy came out. They LOVED it & so did we! We had them each take turns kick it to eachother and then into the wall to open it up.

{Party Bags}

Just brown paper bags! Totally easy, but cute. I attached a balloon to each bag & it was a hit. I printed out the soccer balls & stars on sheets of “label” paper, cut them out, and tah dah!

{Thanks for a great season Super Kickers!}

It was so great “coaching” these sweet little guys this season. Stay tuned! I’ll post more about our season soon!

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Poca Cosas to see what else she’s got going on!

Enjoy Susan ‘s party…..

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Birthday Cowgirl

The Cisco Kid

Corral for the Stick Pony Races

Cowboy gear

Shooting Gallery

Pony Rides for all

Cowboy Cookie favors

Recently, I helped my best friend Amber throw a COWGIRL party for her daughter’s 3rd birthday! All the kids received bandannas, hats, and sheriffs badges upon their arrival. We set up a “shooting gallery”and had stick ponies for all the kids to gallop around. Amber rented the cutest pony for rides around their property. We had a cowboy cookout with hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, coleslaw, and all the fixing’s‘ served on tin plates. The kids had sarsaparilla and we had Outlaw Punch for the grown ups, served in mason jars. We built a campfire and made yummy smores. There was horseshoes for the adults to play too. For decorations, we put up wanted posters of all the guests with names like the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, and Bonnie & Clyde. We had hay bales for guests to sit on, cow print tablecloths, bandanna napkins, and denim stitched plates. The table centerpieces were Christmas Cactus in galvanized buckets tied with bandanna ribbons and sheriff stars. The kids took home their cowboy gear, stick ponies, and cowboy cookies for their favors.