(Or, a Very Hungry Caterpillar party for a Very Hungry Sarah.)

We had the out-of-town family come in to celebrate Sarah’s 1st birthday with us this past weekend! Since she loves the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, I decided to make that the theme of the party. And by “theme” I mean the cake and a craft. :) I’m sure you could go nuts with it for an older child, but for a 1-year-old that was enough. We enjoyed a light lunch, a craft for the older kids, gifts, cake, and lots of visiting!

The cake:

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I thought the cake warranted its own post, with instructions!

From the time Sarah was very little, I decided to make The Very Hungry Caterpillar “her” book, the one I read to her almost every day. By the time she was a few months old, she seemed to recognize it. She would even giggle  prematurely on the page where the egg went “Pop!” because she knew what was coming.

I had seen the idea of making a caterpillar cake out of a Bundt cake a long time ago, but I Googled “Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake” to get some ideas.

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Sarah is 1 year old today! David took off work, and we all started day off right by sleeping in a bit. :) We went to the library, then shortly after we got back it started to rain. During a short break we took Sarah outside and got a few pics of me and her before we started getting wet; the rest are just some playing inside shots. We’ll party on Saturday… look for some party pics in a few days!

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Sarah here…  I’m about to be 1 tomorrow, but oh my goodness, there’s still so much I haven’t gotten my hands on yet! I’m always on the move… no time to sit still and smile at a camera. I’ve got to go explore!

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