Nate the Great

turned one last week and the party of the year was held on Sunday afternoon.  Nate is our sweet little godson a.k.a. the Salty Pup.  We had anticipated his birthday celebration eagerly since receiving the hand-made invitation in the mail in early December.  The theme of the day was toys of the past (retro, old-fashioned) and the decorations and favors were nothing short of stunning.

 

 My only wish would be that I can soon acquire a better camera for such events, as mine has completely bitten the dust. I still managed to catch a few precious shots, including one of Nicholas after his first (large) bite of cake.  As soon as I clicked, he shouted, "Let me see!"  He realized from the picture that he had a large gob of icing on his chin and promptly started to lick off as best he could, thrilled with his discovery.  Ah, the sweet joys of childhood…

 

*The above shots are of the wrapping paper the girls made for Nate's gifts.  Since gifts in the olden days were likely not wrapped in fancy sheets from a purveyor of paper goods, we figured we would add our own old-fashioned touch.  C promptly Googled "old-fashioned toys" and the two of them worked tirelessly for over an hour to recreate the pictures they found.  Considering my lack of skilz in the drawing department (stick figures, anyone?) I was mightily impressed by the results.

The incredible cake?  That was created by another friend, Jen P., who used undisclosable amounts of butter to create quite the treat for Nate and then offered the leftovers in the form of frosting shots.  Heavenly for a certain 8 year-old!