On the day after Christmas, we invited nearly twenty guests from Mount Vernon (and surrounding areas) to Charlie's first birthday party. Charlotte decided to wear a birthday sash so everyone would know who the birthday girl was:
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| pictured with her new favourite toys: cow and camel |
Jason made a lovely selection of tea sandwiches and we all drank tea from vintage tea cups. In an attempt to make things look less Christmasy, I wrapped the Christmas tree up in crepe paper. I think it is a new birthday tradition: the Charlie Tree.
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| The Charlie Tree |
We crammed my sister's house full of guests:
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| my dad, "Dadada" |
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| old friends |
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| The newest addition to the Abbott clan! |
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| Molly and my dad's 96-year-old "girl friend", Marie. |
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| Danny, my sis and Berb |
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| part of the crowd listening to Aunty Katie tell a riveting story |
After lots of tea drinking and sandwich eating, we all headed to the kitchen to watch Charlie smash up her smash cake. Jason made a special UK version for Charlie to destroy:
But, Charlie was too much of a little lady to do much more than poke at it:
It was less of a "smash cake" and more of a "poke cake." (Note, that most of the frosting missing was from Jason and me!)
She eventually did a bit more cake smashing when we gave her a pretty pink cupcake. She even ate a little bit of it!
After cake and presents, we did a whole slew of videos for The Marmite Project, so stay posted for those. (My sister's video was especially amazing . . . )
All in all, it was a great day!
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