I'm glad to have celebrated Xav's 1st birthday party with ease. I think the hardest part for me was choosing the theme. I was choosing between "Outback Adventure" or "Baby Chef". The later requires heavy on cooking or baking activity for the kids which is fun but not appropriate to younger ones. So I'm saving that theme to some other time.
When it comes to organizing a party I'm glad that my hubby leaves it all to me! Heaven. Ideally it's nice to celebrate in a big venue like clubhouses but we chose to celebrate in a restaurant instead. We want to limit the number of suppliers to contact because we want it to be "hassle-free".
Outback Libis offered a good price for kiddie parties. The theme, food, ambiance, service, space and location was just the one we were looking for. I also happen to like the party organizer assisting us - Nika. She was very accommodating, professional and nice! Then what's nice is that Outback let us order other food from outside like lechon from Lydia's and Nestle ice cream station.
For the complete party entertainment and decorations we only got Creative Minds Event Management as our supplier. I was able to find the most affordable package that includes all the balloon decorations, entrance standees, big customized backdrop, party host, magician with live animals, ventriloquist, face painting, candy buffet and balloon twisting. The guests loved the magician so much and the kids really enjoyed the show!
For our photobooth, there's only one option - Shot Top Photo Booth! Owned and operated by my best friend Raymund Robles. You should try their service as you will love how professional and creative they are! They were actually already in the venue 2 hours before the party and they will give you the complete pictures in DVD and upload all pictures in FB before they leave. Yes, that fast!
Over-all we had a great first birthday party experience for Xavier. Lots of kids, great food, fun games and shows, prizes etc. And what's best was that Xavier really enjoyed the party especially when he was clapping his hands and loving it while everybody sang "Happy Birthday" to him. Hay priceless!
