Today you attended your first birthday party, in this case a combined party for a 3-year-old and 1-year-old from the stay-at-home parents’ meet up group. The party consisted of play time at an indoor play park (conveniently located at the back of an intimidating industrial park maze) followed by snack/cake time. To you, it was a great time to practice sitting up on your own, mouth a few new objects (not all of them toys), and watch parents scramble around a packed room picking up food from the buffet counter, coordinating napkins, plates, food and utensils for squirmy toddlers, and trying to talk over the noise to other parents. Mommy and Daddy sat safely against a wall with you and only ventured into the fray for munchies and to lend a hand to parents of multiple munchkins. They thought the Angry Bird cake was very creative and delicious…and were very grateful that the birthday parties you will really care about are at least another year or two away…