And the countdown begins... starting with a Baby Shower :)

My best friend is expecting a baby girl, and with this weekend signalling the last remaining 4 weeks until the little angel arrives (going by the due date that is!), it was time to hold a baby shower in her honour!

I got together with another friend and together we planned a 'semi' surprise shower. 'Semi' in terms of the guest of honour knew we were throwing her a baby shower, but that was it... she had no idea as to who was invited, or what events were planned.

We played a couple of games to keep everyone entertained and have a few laughs. 

For one game, we filled some baby bottles with about 50ml of water and guests had to race each other to see who could finish drinking the water the quickest. We were all surprised by just how difficult it actually is and found a new respect for babies who make it look so easy!

We also played where at the beginning of the shower, everyone was given a nappy pin. Whenever someone said the word 'baby', the person who caught them saying it got to take their pin. The idea was that whoever had the most pins by the end of the day won. This was also rather fun as once guests lost their pins, they felt like they were left out so they became very quick to pounce on anyone who said the word... and even thought of sneaky ways of trying to trick people into saying it! It also proved to be a good way of getting people to mingle and talk to people they didn't know.

There was also a questionaire booklet handed out to each guests with questions about the guest of honour such as what was her favourite food/movie/football team etc. We then went through the questions at the end and the guest of honour answered them so that we could see who had the most questions right.


There was also a section in the booklet where guests had to describe her using the letters of her name in the style of an acrostic, and also a page where they had to draw a picture of her (could be cartoon, stick figure, etc). This was rather amusing as there were several drawings with rather large baby bumps included. One guest even cheated and rather sneakily stuck the guest of honours' drivers licence to his page!


These booklets were all collected at the end of the baby shower and given to her as a keepsake.

It was a fantastic, relaxing day with lots of laughter, lots of yummy food, and she received many wonderful gifts. Now we just have to wait till the little bundle of joy decides its time to make her grand entrance.....