Little Monster's 1st Birthday

I LOVE to plan parties.  I love the rush of creativity, the organizing of food, the crafting of decorations.  

I love the idea that I can create something as wonderful as you see all over Pinterest.  

But let's get real folks.  The wonders of Pinterest just don't really happen to all us norms. 


Want to know what a REAL 1st birthday looks like?  One thrown by a momma with 2 small children literally trying to crawl up her legs?  

It looks like this...

I've been holding onto this tissue box for the entire year!

I've had the Pinterest board going since Little Monster was still in utero. So the amount of things I wanted to do and the amount of things that actually happened are quite different!

Nothing in the post is even remotely difficult. So I'll spare you a tutorial on how to cut a monster out of paper or how to glue on eye balls. 

In the end, the only thing that really matters is this guy. 

Love my Little Monster!