Birthday celebration

Over the years Wolfram and I have kept our birthday celebration to something simple with family or a few friends. Who wants to be reminded that's he's aging?

For Oskar's first birthday we had a small family celebration in the d day. Today we have invited our friends and colleagues in Singapore to celebrate with us. It's probably the only time where there will be more adults than kids. 

A bit before 3pm, the room was ready and the birthday boy was getting his energy boost.

Note that the giraffe looked much better in a warmer room. In the presence of strong airco the air inside is contracting making it look like it has a broken neck. We did not kill the giraffe!

A bit over 30 people came in the end. There were a few people who called sick in the morning. Not all people came at once so we could interact with all of them. Kids were running all over the place. It was so noisy sometimes we could not have a conversation. And someone mentioned that I should get used to it. That's pretty standard for a kid's birthday. Apparently for the following birthdays we will need to plan for activities and animations to entertain the kids. 

Wolfram took all the photos so I don't have anything to show but I can say this: Oskar was incredible. He really looked like he was enjoying himself walking around almost the whole time. The plastic plate and cups did help to entertain him. He interacted with almost everybody and gave plenty of smiles. He posed in many selfies meaning he's going to be all over Facebook. Although we said no gift almost everyone came with something. People were incredibly generous and Oskar received books, his first set of crayola, a dolphin for the pool, construction blocks, helicopter, train, water guns, a car wheel simulator and many more. Enough toys for us to bring a new one every month for the rest of year. Until next birthday I guess :)

This was a great day for all of us which we celebrated with a well deserved glass of champagne afterwards. 

Now we have 12 months to think and plan the next birthday party. What could we do for two year old?