Kumiko Love Instagram – This weekend, our baby boy turned ONE.
It’s hard to believe we have a toddler when I feel like we just brought him home from the hospital.
Around January, I started saving all leftover cash from my variable spending envelopes for his birthday. The amounts were sporadic, but I saved around $400 by the end of June.
Chris also bought some of the cutest baseball decorations and keepsakes for our Rookie of the Year-themed party, like a custom wood bat, ball, and jersey. So cute!
The decoration costs included things like the highchair garland, backdrop and balloon arch, cake topper, and 12-month photo board.
The biggest expense for food was the grocery haul for the BBQ. We went with hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, and potato salad. I baked and decorated the sugar cookies, smash cake, and cupcakes.
The largest present we got Dante was an electric ride-on tractor that cost around $200.
If we hadn’t already saved the money, we would have never spent so much on a birthday. I am so grateful I learned how to use sinking funds and that I could give my baby boy the best FIRST birthday without guilt.
What has been your favorite birthday theme? I did a dinosaur theme for James’s first birthday and LOVED it!
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