So, it looks like I never actually posted this (oops!). Here it is, finally!
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Well, my baby sister is due in June (May... depending on who you ask!) and we had her baby shower this past weekend [April, it was in APRIL. Again, sorry for the delay]. Of course, I forgot the camera, so the pictures are all after she arrived. Which means my grand scheme of perfectly documenting all of the decorations failed to a large degree. But, between my dad, my cousin, and my (slightly drunken) photography, with a word file or 2, we should be able to recreate the grand event here :)
My mom and I co-hosted at her house. Since Dana and Mark don't know the sex of the baby, they've been calling the baby Sprout. When Mark asked to be at the shower, my mom and I were thinking of a good theme and one of us said "It's all about Sprout". It rhymed too perfectly and we immediately went with a Dr. Seuss theme. It started with the invitations. They're the Dr. Seuss New Fish line available here, and pretty much all over the internet. I wrote the poem inside (see below, it even rhymes!), and just glued it in with a glue stick.
The
Katroo New Baby Asso-see-eye-ation
Would
like to invite you to a
New Baby Celebration
Join
Dana and Mark for a day all about
Welcoming
a new little baby nicknamed “Sprout”
Boy
or a Girl? Do we buy Blue or Pink?
We
don’t know, they won’t say. Doesn’t matter,
I think.
Come
to the Shower on April 14th at 1
For
snacks, lots of baby things
and of course, some fun!
Directions
to the party are included,
so you don’t have to fuss
And
the couple is registered at Babies R Us
Please
RSVP by April Fools Day
To
let us know if you can come to play!
The food was all "renamed" as well. Of course, that meant name tags. That was easy enough, just print them out, laminate and put in a mini-binder clip. We had Yots in Pots (Greek Meatballs) with Oobleck (Tzaziki), Quick Trick Chick Stack (Baked Chicken Cutlets, yep they were stacked), Grickle Grass (fresh veggies) with McElligot's Pool (Ranch dressing... check out the octopus living in the pool!), Green Eggs and S'ham (broccoli and mushroom quiche). For dessert, we had Truffula Fruits (fruit salad), Hop On Pop-Corn (Popcorn), Sneetch Stars (cookies) and Green Eggs and Ham candies. The candies were the biggest hit! Of course, we had the multi-color goldfish and Swedish fish scattered around too. My favorite was Yink's Pink Ink Drink aka my mom's rum punch!
McElligot's Pool with Pepper Octopus, and Grickle Grass Veggies in the background
Green Eggs and Ham Candies and the Truffula Bouquet
The entrees: Quick Trick Chick Stack, Grinich Spinach Squares and Green Eggs and S'ham
The Mom and Dad to be were willing to play along! Thank goodness, since me, my parents and my boys were all sporting our Things 1-5 shirts [The only photo of me is on Facebook. Once I figure out how to get it here, I will]. I made a Star Belly Sneetch Shirt for Dana and Mark had his Cat in the Hat hat.
Thing 3 and 4, ready for the party!
We had paper hats for the guests. And even Dad was Thing 5.
Mom and Dad, or a Truffula topped Sneetch and The Cat in the Hat
The one thing that wasn't Dr. Seuss-y was the cake, they just didn't have it. Pretend there's a cake photo here, I need to get it off Facebook. It was really cute, it was a baby in a garden.
Of course, it wasn't complete without gifts! Dr. Seuss gifts too:
Yep, that's a new fish onsie!
I didn't get a picture of it, but we all signed the back of the shirt using fabric pens, and Dana wore it a few times since the shower. It's a great keepsake and I'm hoping it'll go in the baby box at some point.
And I want credit for getting the blog updated BEFORE my niece-phew is born :)
