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Today we had Chloe's birthday party. It was a lot of fun, and I think that everyone had a good time.

I had a lot of anxiety leading up to the party because it was forecast to be so hot. The original plan was to put a bunch of activities out on the lawn in the backyard, and have most of the party outside. The main reason was that we ordered a Polly's cake for the adults to have, and I didn't want to serve a dairy cake in the house. We reserved the cake back in October, and we have debated whether to have it several times since due to her allergies. But we had been talking about having a Polly's cake for our child's first birthday ever since our wedding night. So, in the end we decided to have it, set it up and serve it outside.

But with it so hot, setting it up outside was out of the question. Instead, we used it as the centerpiece on the food table, and put it in the living room where a portable AC unit was hard at work cooling off the place. I think it turned out pretty well:

Most of the party was inside, but we still decided to cut and serve the cake outside. It worked out well. Chloe was fine except a couple of hives she got on her hand/arm, where I think someone may have touched her with icing on their hands. Nothing major, but enough that I won't be doing the separate dairy cake again. I am glad that we did it this time, as the cake really was a hit. Oh, and we saved the C in the freezer- Chloe can eat her first birthday cake should she ever grow out of her allergy.

More importantly...I was very happy with how her cake turned out. I used a recipe of rice flour, apple sauce, canola oil, water, baking powder and homemade rice milk. The icing was palm oil, sugar and rice milk, with blueberry juice for the pink decoration:

I was really happy with how it turned out. Chloe LOVED it, which is most important.

We got a lot of activities for the kids to play, and I was really happy to see everyone have such a good time. The best part though, was watching Chloe. It was almost as if she knew it was her party and she was playing hostess. She kept going up to all the different kids to interact with them, and then going to the next person. She had no trouble getting out in the middle of everyone. And, half the time, it was almost as if she was posing for the camera! it's so great to see her becoming more outgoing. I am not sure where she gets that (definitely not from her parents), but I am really happy to see it!

I can't believe she is 1. But that is another post.