Lauren's First Birthday Party

We decided to celebrate Lauren's birthday in a joint party with the three other babies in our playgroup - and it was such fun! Each of us picked our favorite children's book and we did a personal table with that theme, and the rest of the party was a picnic theme with yummy food!

Despite the intense 100 degree heat, everything went as planned and everyone had a wonderful time!

I chose The Very Hungry Caterpillar for Lauren, and from the invitation....

....to the decor and the food....the theme was carried throughout everything!

Even her smash cake stuck with the theme....

The main cake was a picnic theme topped with elements from each of our books - a bunny from Lavery's "Guess How Much I love You" table, a caterpillar for Lauren, and a bear from Lucas and Ryan's "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See" table.

We held a mini smash cake session before the party and had a framed picture from the session on the cake table....

That morning, the birthday girl was ready to go, looking adorable in her caterpillar dress!

Smash cake time....

....and that is a wrap!

It was a wonderful party and Lauren was sacked out for several hours that afternoon!