Not Your Typical First Birthday Party

So because things are (as usual) crazy and up in the air in our life right now, we opted for a simple family affair for my son's birthday "party."  Which is fine.  I didn't have the time, money, energy, etc. to plan a big elaborate party or the patience to fill my house with tons of screaming toddlers. 

But as we were getting just a couple things together to celebrate with him, we suddenly realized that he cannot eat cake.  (Not that he isn't allowed, he just isn't eating such solid foods yet.  He would choke.)  Well, this posed a dilemma, because we didn't want to have a big beautiful cake that everyone was going to enjoy EXCEPT the birthday boy!!  That just didn't seem fair.

The solution?  

A giant bowl of homemade (thanks to my hubby!) CHOCOLATE PUDDING!  With, of course, some delicious whipped cream!

I assumed being chocolate and sweet, he would love it and devour it, but no.  This little picky eater was more excited to play in it than chow down.  But that's ok.  That's really what the first birthday is about, right?  Getting good and messy?  Well, at least it is at our house!

In fact, he got so messy, we had to take a break for a bath before opening presents.  But that's ok!

It may not have been the traditional birthday celebration, and his birthday shirt may have swallowed him a little bit (he's still pretty small for a one year old), but we sure had fun!  And the pudding was really good, so maybe that will be a new tradition for his birthday! :)