2011 Girls' First Birthday Party! (VERY Pic Heavy!!)

Today is the (estimated) first birthday of the girls I got last spring!! It's a party and everyone's invited! (Okay, not really, but feel free to post pictures of your partying birds here, too! )

But first, we can't have a birthday party without a cake, right? So here's how I put together a chicken-friendly birthday 'cake'.

I used one watermelon, one 2 pound tub of plain yogurt, 2 small tomatoes, 2 cucumbers, and 2 apples.

First, I cut the watermelon in half and used an ice cream scoop to remove the innards and set them aside:


Then, with the help of my sister (whose hands are in the pics), I diced the cucumbers and a small portion of the apples, cut the rest of the apples into large chunks, and sliced the tomatoes into rings:



Here is all the cut up fruits and veggies in one of the watermelon halves before preparing the cake:


I made the 'cake' by layering the fruits and veggies with yogurt. Here's one half of the 'cake', part way finished:


I then used some leftover cucumber and cut letters for the top (and of course I meant the p's in 'happy' to be backwards! ) :




With that done, it was time for the party!

Mom put the cakes down so I could get pictures:



It took a little while before the birthday girls were brave enough to approach:




Sora hit the cake a little too hard early on in the party:


Betty was fashionably late, but there was still plenty of cake to go around:



The party was well under way when Diana finally noticed:


"You guys didn't tell me there was cake!!":


So after a little more eating..:



...We began the party games. Chicken Football anyone?:





Once everyone had settled down, I began to take birthday pictures. For comparison, their 2 month photo op pictures are included:

Freema (she's always been a cuddler) :
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Betty:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Cressida:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Kate (aw, she's always been my little worrier) :
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Maggie:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Mako:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Wynne:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Debra Jo (oh, it's the original Debra Jo diva look!) :
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Diana:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Natalie:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )


Cricket:
(2 months: )

(1 year: )

Thanks, everyone, for the lovely comments!
Remember, now, it isn't spoiling if they deserve it.


The girls who turned a year old today are barred Plymouth Rocks and Easter-eggers. The rest of my flock consists of older Easter-eggers, red sexlinks, gold-laced Wyandottes, gold- and silver-laced Sebrights, and Rhode Island reds.