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Dear Henry: Your First Birthday Party
Dearest Henry,… Read MoreI know you’re not likely to remember your first birthday party, so I wanted to jot down some notes for you about how it went. You had fun! We spent time doing your favorite things: playing in the backyard, hanging out with Hoss, and eating.
We had seven guests: Grafton (who is one month older than you) brought his mom (Leslie), dad (Daniel), and sister (Cassie). We met them at the silent film at Discovery Green when you were a mere four weeks old. They moved to Austin a couple months before we did. Our good friend, Claire, came. We’ve been friends with her for years. Two of
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Henry’s First Birthday Party
The birthday party is Saturday. Hooray!Here’s what we need to do to get ready:
- Borrow a crockpot
- Go grocery shopping (I decided at the very last minute to switch from the grilled cheese bar to chili. I think it’s more economical.) We’re going to make vegetarian chili and white bean chili, as well as spinach-artichoke dip, salad, fruit kabobs, and cake, so we need to get: 2 cans chickpeas, 2 cans black beans, 2 cans corn, 2 cans kidney beans, 2 jars salsa, 3 onions, 2 cans white beans, 1 can of chilies, 1 bag of frozen corn, a bag of tortilla chips, cheddar cheese, sour cream, parmesan
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Make Your Own Baby Board Book
Henry’s birthday present arrived in the mail from Pint Size Productions, and, as promised, I’m here to share my thoughts about it. Here’s the order they occurred to me:- Wow, it’s here already? Awesome!
- Hmm…the picture quality/texture is not as good as I expected. I thought it would be smooth and shiny like Henry’s other board books. Instead, it’s slightly raised and dull.
- Wow, this gift was the perfect thing to get for Henry. He loves “reading” and it’s such a sweet, personalized gift.
We actually gave it to him early (his real birthday is the 28th) because he’s sick and we wanted to cheer him up (plus we’re … Read More
