for my dear friend Melissa in collaboration with some of her friends – We pulled it off.
Olivine was very confused about this baby. She did wind up snagging it’s pacifier  (Her first one every and no we didn’t bring it home).
I am thrilled to have been invited to join the fun of planning and crafting and shopping and designing. I think this could totally be my job in another life: party planner.In these days of homework and grading and cooking and cleaning and being a grown up with many responsibilities, I have had a break over the last couple weeks as I set aside time to thinking up the details.And there were many…handmade of course
The DIY of the baby shower was selecting a book we provided and writing a baby dedication inside- to build a library for this little one.
There were decorations along the theme
games: “Match bible babies to their parents”all very “literacy based”- this was the get to know you gameit is what my master’s degree is in folks..come on..I wasn’t going to blind fold anyone or make anyone act crazy. I much more prefer to stick to what I know: reading and writing. This game “Alternate Titles to Children’s Books” like the Unattractive Aquatic Bird also could be The Ugly Duckling. Lots of fun and yup..I am a nerd.Four games in total that each were rewarded with a library pocket card, due date included. I tucked a Starbuck’s gift card inside.There were favors
and yes macaroons are gluten free as wellattached to a bookmark with a quote I love.
Her mom took care of the food- including the gluten free cake
and opened up her living room. She had homemade kiefer on hand for many of us to try.She even sent me home with a bottle (Yum!)We had a sharing “momma wisdom” time and there were tears and laughter. At the end of it all I feel like “mission accomplished” because so many of us love this baby and couple and this is just one way we wanted to gather together to bless them.