As I was planning my daughter's first birthday party, which we held last week, I called and asked a friend (who has five children) what she did.  She kind of laughed and said that it wasn't really for the kids anyway, so just to invite my friends! It was a little late for that, and we have the added complication of having about a million family members who live close by...

The original guest list was 75... so I cut that down to only the family members who would be ABSOLUTELY offended if they weren't invited, and the friends of Celia's who actually played with her on a regular basis.  This cut down the list to about 60.  So, we divided that approximately in half and invited all of the friends to an afternoon party, and all of the family to an evening party...

Note to self - A Pinata for a 1-year-old is a bit much...

When I was a child, I never had a pinata for my birthday - or for any reason - so when we were walking through the Bulk Barn and Celia noticed the brightly coloured pinatas lining the tops of the shelves, I thought it would be fun to have one for her.  All of the families that were invited had multiple children, and all of them were older than Celia - up to about 6 years old, so I thought they would love it! (I think they did, actually, but unfortunately Celia didn't).

She liked the cupcakes, though!