Earlier this year I threw a baby shower for two of my great friends. The brief, "we're both inviting our friends so we don't want it to feel like a baby shower." So we planned a picnic in the park with footy and food, but of course that week there was torrential rain so they quickly found a bowling club and we had a fun, and relaxed, afternoon.
The day was interspersed with lots of rain and beautiful blue skies. The bowlers enjoyed the blue sky and we enjoyed watching them.
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Mum and Dad in the front of the book |
I provided some of the food, with lots of help from family, which included some delicious healthy cupcakes...
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Orange with cacao nibs (gf, df, sugar free), chocolate with chocolate icing (gf, df, sugar free) and not-so-healthy but oh-so-delicious vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing |
And some healthy homemade dips... with cheese, veggie sticks, olives, nuts and dried fruit.
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Homemade hummus, carrot dip and pumpkin dip (all gf, df, sugar free) and activated nuts... of course ;) |
And some delicious punch...
I even tried my hand at flower arranging...
And on the morning made some gender neutral bunting. Note to self: do not make 10 metres of bunting on the morning of an event you're organising. Thankfully I got it done!
It was a fun afternoon and a great celebration of their beautiful baby boy.
Kate and Dave, thanks for allowing me to have some fun and honour you guys. You're great parents... George is a lucky boy!