Thanksgiving Day Baby Shower

We had a baby shower today for one of the moms in the 5 year old class (Andrea, Milan's mom).  Her due date is the 27th of December - same birthday as Hayden - we'll see if that is when he comes.  None of the other moms had ever done a Baby Shower before.  It is not something that is done here in Slovakia either - I couldn't find anything with baby themes - no decorations, no wrapping paper even!

Since Andrea is tired and busy with her 5 year old's birthday this week, she almost didn't come.  Christina (Eidyn's mom) had to convince her - after some talk and promises that it wouldn't be long, she decided to come.  She was very surprised!

Christina brought food that she "stayed up working all night on" - actually it was from the hotel.  So we really had a beautifully catered affair!

I found some dark blue (no light blue anywhere) crepe paper rolls and some white, so we cut those and made streamers.  And, we hung balloons (multi-colored available only) up in strings.  I also found some blue flower plates and napkins that we were able to use.  Even with only 7 people total, we ran out of mugs and forks, and had to use plastic kid cups for our cold drinks.  We really need to go to Ikea for some glasses and maybe one more set of silverware.  I did hear that Ikea also has small Christmas trees, so maybe we'll go there on Sunday.

White Chocolate Cake
with Layers of Cream - Mmmmm

For games, we didn't have time for a lot, but I was able to find some marshmallow candy that looked like pacifiers.  I used some blue string to make necklaces from them and we played the "baby" word game for the whole party.  If you heard someone say "baby" you got to take their necklaces - the one with the most at the end was the winner.  I also filled a bottle with mentos and had everyone guess how many.

It was nice for everyone to be able to get together and talk.  And also for everyone else to see what a "Baby Shower" is.  We also talked about all of the different beliefs for kids at Christmas - there are a lot of them!  Two of our moms may be leaving at the end of the year, so we also were able to have a good time with them before they have to leave.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!  We'll post pictures of ours from Saturday.

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