This picture has been floating around the Internet for a few days and I find it hilarious!  I hope you do too.  Happy Halloween!

We have T-minus 3 days until the party.  It is full-tilt First Birthday Party planning madness at our house.  Her party is this Sunday, October 30.  I wanted to do a Halloween themed party because it’s cute and I thought for sure she was going to be here by Halloween last year.  (Boy was I wrong.  She didn’t arrive until November 2.)

You can see from this pic of our kitchen table, there’s more orange and pink than a Lilly Pulitzer store.

I did not buy everything from some eco-friendly Etsy shop like a good little mom blogger should.  I did do some damage at Target and Party City, however.

Will Charlotte ever remember this?

No.

Does she need a two-tier cake and photo backdrop?

No.

Do we really need a First Birthday/Halloween playlist on the iPod?

No.

Did I go a little overboard?

Yes.

But, I don’t care.  I only have one first baby and one first birthday for the first baby.  I think it will be fun and sweet and perfect for Charlotte and her baby friends.

Oh, and it will also complete the insane Halloween-themed-First-Birthday-Party vision I’ve had since I found out my due date was October 28, 2010.

I worked this weekend so Greyson was left to dress Charlotte Saturday and Sunday.  I came home and this is what I found.  The shirt is size 0-6 months.  Greyson says, “She doesn’t have any clothes that are Size 11 months.”

That’s true.  She doesn’t have clothes that are size 11 months.  The whole thing made me chuckle.

Sometimes Charlotte comes home from school with crusty paint under her fingernails.  I know what the color du jour was based on the smudges left on her sleeves.  Some days this is slightly annoying, although they do use washable paint in the class. 

If residual paint on my baby is the result of infant artistic collaboration, I can’t complain.  The Class Pumpkin made my week.  I hope it makes you smile too.