The Sessler's

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Hey Jude...turns 1 - Part II

We had so much fun putting this party together, so I thought I would share some of the details. We knew we had to do a Beatles themed party, and started thinking of ideas months ago. Luckily Sam grew up a huge Beatles fan, so he was able to help think of all of the songs to use throughout and also had quite a bit of memorabilia. I think it all came together perfectly! Now after all of this work he might have this theme for every future birthday party!!

The invite - front

The invite - back

The spread! Let's just say there was plenty of food!

The entrance - each record has his monthly pictures that we took starting from 1 week and ending with 12 months. We also took weekly pics in the same chair, so we had those scrolling on the TV with our favorite Beatles songs playing in the background.

The Jude "SHRINE"

We had records hanging throughout with some of our favorite pictures! Brings back so many good memories!

The Entrance

(un-pictured are the balloons lining the sidewalk with an Abbey Road street sign)

They Say It's My Birthday Cake

The Favors - microphones for the girls and guitar glasses for the boys

"Have a Good Day Sunshine, Thanks for coming to my party - Love, Jude"

Jude's 12 month record that we had everyone sign. We plan to frame it in his room.

Yellow Submarines

We also has Yellow SUBmarine Sandwiches

Octopus Garden veggies

Yummy chocolate cupcakes

Day Tripper Dipper

Here Comes the SUN Chips

Sargent Peppers staches

Strawberry Fields punch

Let it Be cookies

Monday, December 9, 2013

Hey Jude....turns 1!!!

My baby turned one!! We started thinking about this Hey Jude party idea months and months ago and it was over in a flash! The day started out pretty interesting due to the fact that we had an ice storm days before and everyone was pretty much iced in. Luckily both sets of grandparents made it in and some friends and family members were able to risk the drive to come and celebrate with us! The party turned out just like we had envisioned and we had the best time celebrating our little guy. With Beatles music playing in the background, cookies & cake, and memories of our last year displayed throughout, it was quite the celebration! I don't think he knew what to think about all those people being in his house and all of the attention on him, but I think he had fun. He only ate a little bit of cake (which was an upgrade from when we tried for pictures a few weeks earlier and he just cried and gagged!!), but I'm pretty sure he thought it was pretty tasty, just unsure what to think about a huge cake in front of him! He loved all of his gifts and has been playing with all of the toys every since! I'll save the details and the sappiness for the next posts, for now we'll just focus on the celebration!