Chasing Ninja Baby: Happy Bday, Frankcito!

Ok, so this post is 2 months after we actually celebrated Frankcito's first birthday (he was born November 25), but Frank and I worked hard on making it a memorable party (for us at least).

I finally decided on an airplane theme since Frankcito was a little world traveller this year. The invites looked like a boarding pass. I made garland made out of leftover invitations and cut outs of airplanes. Frank spray painted cheap party hats silver, and I glued pom poms onto the top and put flight wing stickers on the front. I also made a couple of banners and a huge, fun mobile to hang over the food spread. Check out where I got all of my inspiration!

The smash cake was a vegan carrot cake that I baked in a empty can of tomatoes that ended up a bit too dense for baby to really get into, but he seemed to enjoy the icing and sprinkles! I also made blue velvet cupcakes for all the big people. We also munched on buffalo chicken dip, cheese dip, pimento cheese sandwiches, sugar cookies, double chocolate cookies, and marshmallow pops made to look like airplane propellers!

The guests also had "luggage" goodie bags, with peanuts and pretzels party mix and an airplane blanket that they picked up at "baggage claim," and they left Frankcito's presents in the "cargo hold."

Frankcito of course is super spoiled and received lots of presents. Ultimate birthday victory came with his crazy ball maze thing that Frank HAD to get him. It is pretty awesome!

Also, the baby and I visited my mom at Delta to do a mini-photo shoot at the airplane museum located at Delta's headquarters.