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An Eco-Friendly Party…I Tried!

All of you Jasiri readers who’ve read this post know that I was trying to throw an eco-friendly birthday party for Nia. Well I tried my best but as life typically has it, not everything went according to plan. The primary stumbling block was in trying to obtain the disposable plates and cups that I wrote about in the last post. Come to find out, Aha-Yes! only delivers locally. I added the products I wanted, and when I went to check out they wanted me to choose the location where I would pick up my purchase. What! I’m in NC, I want an eco-friendly party but not enough to travel to California to pick up disposable plates and cups.

I didn’t want people bringing lots of toys as gifts, ’cause goodness knows we have enough in this house! So I offered low-cost suggestions. Most people gave clothes, which was great since a huge box of Nia’s clothes was destroyed recently (long, disgusting story for another post). Then there were the decorations. None really, but I did have balloons. You gotta have balloons!

The Purrrty Cake and Vegan Cupcakes + Rice Dream Ice Cream

Ok, you all remember my description of that vegan cake I purchased, right? Well I had to scrap that idea. I ended up ordering the cake from the same store, just not a vegan one. The bakery is Simple Kneads, and they have some tasty treats! But I still wanted to offer something to our vegan guests. So in addition to the birthday cake, I purchased 3 vegan cupcakes for my good friend and her two kids. I’m assuming they enjoyed them because I didn’t hear any complaints and the two kiddos devoured them. I also bought Rice Dream ice cream because you can’t have birthday cake without ice cream!

Kids Everywhere!

Everyone had a blast! The kids had balloon fights, ran around the house, played the keyboard, stuffed themselves and used fingerpaint to decorate Nia’s birthday canvas board. We had so much fun! But no matter how fun it was, the party planning and the actual event wore me out!!!!!!!!!! I don’t think there will be a party for her 2nd birthday…maybe the 3rd.