June/July 1st birthday party!!!

JUNE/JULY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY & 'SECRET BABY'

I know it is still almost 3 months away, but I thought we needed a centralised thread to get ourselves organised, cos I keep asking the same questions then forgetting who's said they're coming and doing the present thing.

So, here are the details so far!

DATE Saturday 27th June, 2009

TIME TBA - any suggestions on this one? Lunchtime? Early afternoon?

LOCATION Kaukapakapa Fire Station, northwest of Auckland (it's 35 mins from the harbour bridge or the end of the northwestern motorway) - directions later

ACCOMMODATION Those who live out of town or on the other side of Auckland have a few options for places to stay. There's room for a couple of families to stay at my place, just up the road from the fire station, I also believe Emma (Maya) has offered a spare room, any other Aucklanders have a spare room or two?

WHO'S COMING?
Sign in here if your name isn't already down! Partners & siblings welcome, just let us know how many to expect please

Maya - Emma & Chiara, plus Maya & gremlins
weegee - Rach, JJ & DH
Flissty - Felicity, Daniel & DH
blondy - Andrea, Natalie (& DH?)
anakk - Anna, Clara & DH
sarahbetha - Sarah, Ryan & DH
kimmies - Kimberley & Matilda (FDH & Georgia?)
Kye - Kylie, Jayden & DH
sottise - Karen & Amelie (& DH?) (we will get you there one way or another!)

SECRET BABY!
This is an idea blatantly stolen from Jan/Feb (thanks guys!). We're doing a birthday present thing where we all put our names in and they will be secretly matched up (by lilfatty or MrsMojo) so we only buy a present for one other baby. This is open to everybody in our threads, not just those coming to the party, including those overseas (shopping online makes our world that much smaller... or maybe Hayzie and KK could supply an alternative (kiwi) address? Grandparents?)

So please also sign in if you can't make it for the party but are keen for the secret baby thing. I'm happy to be a receiving point for pressies so they can be handed out at the party. We can arrange addresses etc by PM once we're all sorted.    

I'm proposing a $30 upper limit on presents, but this is an upper limit, not a guideline - spending less is perfectly acceptable. (I was going to say $20 but thought I'd give it a little more flexibility. Feedback welcomed, this can be changed!)

SECRET BABY SIGNUP (* indicates not coming to party)
Sign up by Mother's Day (May 10) please - copy and paste the signup list and asterisk your baby's name if you can't make the party.

Chiara
JJ
Daniel
Natalie
Clara
Ryan
Tilly
Jayden
Amelie
Cruz*

Sorry if you have already said you're coming or you're in for the pressie thing and I have left you off - please just add yourself.

Edited by weegee

wow go weegee! thank you you rock!

Hmmm, you know it's not almost 3 months, it's 2 months tomorrow! Scary, that means my baby is almost 10 months old

The next Saturday is the 4th which is closer to Max's birthday Jess But that's ok, we know it's a busy time of year for all of us! Do you want to do the secret baby thing though?

LOL kimmies, I'll take "Tilly" off the list then

SECRET BABY SIGNUP (* indicates not coming to party)
Sign up by Mother's Day (May 10) please - copy and paste the signup list and asterisk your baby's name if you can't make the party.

Chiara
JJ
Daniel
Natalie
Clara
Ryan
Jayden
Amelie
Cruz*
Libby*
Caden*
Matilda

Edited by weegee

Looks good to me, we're in

Yeah lunchtime or a late lunch is best weegee. Kimmies is further but it's still a hell of a drive form the tron.
But DH is so excited, he loves road trips.

Yep I reckon lunch-early afternoon too, in between naps... obviously I'm easy

Very exciting - the first secret baby pressie arrived at my house this week

Us Auckland girls (including Kye ) need to organise the food too... any volunteers for any stuff in particular?

Cake: weegee
Soft drinks/juice etc for grownups: weegee

What can I bring? Some baking and juice etc? Fruit? (although that may not travel well?) I'll have a think - or let me know what is needed and I'll bring that

Do you need anything else Weegee, like paper plates/cups etc? serviettes?

Yay for your DH weegee

Is there an oven there to warm things up?

Was thinking sausage rolls (though maybe too similar to Emma's cheerios) or wee pie things, and some bread/cheese/dips/meats (sorry SB).

Are we allowed beer for the boys (and the overtired mums?)

Also need to sort out girls night out, but I'll go back to the July thread for that!