does the mom-to-be know the dad-to-be...

question and answer

Two weeks before the shower, I emailed the “dad to be”:

”Hi Franco! Confidential! For Beth's shower on Saturday, March 29th, I came up with an activity and it involves your help! Basically, I've got a series of questions, I'd like you to answer before the shower. At the shower, we'll ask Beth to answer them as well, and also guess what you might have said.
Anyhow, here's what I came up with -- attached.
Thanks in advance!
Barb
Brief answers are fine, but please don't mention this to Beth!”

It was so fun to hear Beth’s thoughts and also watch her guess how Franco answered the questions.

click here for a sample of the questions we asked…

name that baby!

Matching the guests to their baby “shots” seems like a relatively easy game. But, it’s harder than it looks! Collect toddler or baby photos of each guest before the shower. Display them on individual cards or on a large poster board.

Fun, Personal, Baby Shower Activities

personalized
gifts for
someone special!

Create your own variation of these ideas...

To personalize a friend’s 50th, 60th or a “big birthday”…take a well-known song or jiggle and play with the words. Because Carol is having a bit of a problem with her 60th birthday…instead of an “aging” song like the one we mentioned in our “birthday party ideas”…this one focuses on Carol, her likes and interests!

Wow...this is much easier to take! Here it is!

A FEW OF CAROL’S FAVORITES THINGS! Les-sons with Koe-ny, horse shows and blue rib-bons Mini Coop, the Ves-pa, Voyager Vill-age, The Ca-bin Long walks with Za-ney and train-in’ Lil’ Sherm These are a few of Carol’s fa-vor-ite things!
TRANSITION CHORDS HERE (oom pah pah, oom pah pah) Nurs-ing Home Cruis-es, with Doc-tor Pa-jah-mah Side-cars, Pro-sec-co, Bloody Mar-ys with Foot-ball Bumps at Deer Val-ley… Pow’-der at Al-ta These are a few of her fa-vor-ite things.
TRANSITION CHORDS HERE (oom pah pah, oom pah pah) P.C. Ski Col-lege, board meet-ings at A-dolphs ‘Di-va Gour-met’, of course res-taur-ant hop-ping F-A-C meet-ings, the Care Pack-age ‘Moms’ These are a few of her fa-vor-ite things!
CHORUS When her wrists ache! When her knees creak! (pause) When she’s feel-ing SIXTY! She’ll sim-ply re-mem-ber her fa-vor-ite things And then she won’t feeeel, soooo Ooooold!

Happy 60th Birthday CJ!!

Try these ways to celebrate the “big” birthdays…

21 days before my daughter’s birthday, I sent her a small package, card, text, or some type of “wish” each day. The day of her birthday she opened an album with 21 different photos of her growing up, along with 21 nicknames our family has for her over the years!

Before your friend turns 40…call all their family and friends, give them each a date (40 days before their actual birthday) and have them do something special for her/him on that date…have coffee, send a card…text message them!

Here's an idea from diva Anne who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She started a great gift for her kids the year after their birth. Every year on each of her boy’s birthdays, she videos them for approximately five minutes and they tell the camera something memorable about the past year. Can you imagine watching this at your son or daughter graduation party? ! Do you think she will keep doing this as they enter college?! What a wonderful photographic essay she has created for her children and her grandchildren…WOW!
On my 60th birthday party…I was surprised with personalized labels for the bottled water…and different photos of myself through the decades attached underneath the clear plastic plates. For a personalized menu…my friends packaged my favorite recipes and had prepared all my “favorites” for dinner! What fun

clear plastic plate with photo underneath