Pooky’s turning 1 in a exactly 3 weeks. We can’t believe it. Has it really been that long? Has it only been that long?

We have to start thinking soon about what to do for her birthday. We’re not into throwing an elaborate birthday party that the little one isn’t even going to understand or remember, but we feel we should do something, right?

I guess we could look at it this way: the kid might not care or remember it, but it’ll make for yet another photo opportunity, and hey, we made it through the first year as parents - and we kept her alive!

Whatever you’re celebrating, let everyone else at the party wear the paper cone hats while your child wears his or her own hand crocheted party hat adorned with pom-poms and a ruffle edge. It only comes in one size, so it may not fit your little one’s head year after year, but I think it’d be adorable to purchase it before it fits and document your child “growing” into and out of the hat year after year. Price: $45 at Mahar Drygoods.

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