The Burk Family: The Queen's Royal Celebration

Monday, December 12, 2011

The Queen's Royal Celebration

The theme for Anne Cambria's first birthday party was "A Royal Celebration for Queen Anne". Everyone close to us knows that the Burks (and most of my friends) refer to her as Queen Anne (and rightfully so). So, it was only fitting to have a Queen themed birthday party. We started the celebration on that Friday, December 9 (which was her actual birthday). The birthday Queen had pancakes and scrambled eggs for breakfast. We had lunch with Granny at our favorite place, Chick-fila. Then we had all three cousins, Uncle Kenny, Aunt Ashley, Granny, Big Daddy, Uncle Dace, Gran and Grandaddy over for dinner and smash cake #1 Friday night. We had a great time! Anne Cambria was not too impressed with the cake. She was sort of a "diva" about it. She poked one finger in and tasted it. Then she grabbed a hunk and ate some of it, but she never "smashed" it. She just kinda looked at it like "this is sticky and I do not like it". So I figured she would do better with smash cake #2 at her actual birthday party the next morning. After we did the smash cake #1, we opened a few presents. She was still mainly interested in the ribbon and wrapping paper, but that was fine. It was her birthday and she could do whatever she wanted. :)

On Saturday, we had the royal celebration. Both sides of the family plus 8-10 other kids/babies and their parents came over at 11:30 to celebrate with Anne Cambria. It was freezing cold that day (I think the high was 42 degrees). So we put a couple heaters in the garage and had the doors closed and the kids just played in the garage. It was way too cold to be out in the yard or in the driveway. It ended up being perfect. We sang Happy Birthday to the Queen and then we had round #2 of smash cake. And we basically had the same result. She wasn't too interested and she was basically a "diva" that did not want to get dirty or sticky. No smashing was ever done. I also tried to give her a cupcake and a cookie, and she didn't want that either. I think she is just not a big "sweet" eater right now. We all ate lunch and had cake/cupcakes/cookies and enjoyed the party. After everyone left we opened gifts! She got some super cute things. Johnny and I got her a "pottery barn" chair (although we didn't get it from Pottery Barn) and a "car" for outside. We had the chair made at Premier Prints because #1, I wanted the fabric to be the same as the fabric in her nursery, and #2 Pottery Barn will only let you put 10 letters on the chair, and Anne Cambria is 11 letters. So, Premier Prints made our chair and I must brag on them because it is MUCH cuter than the Pottery Barn option that I almost went with. So after a two day celebration, the Queen was exhausted. She slept from 2:45-6 Saturday night! :) I hope when Anne Cambria looks back she will love her First Birthday party as much as I did.