Unique Baby Shower Theme: Poker

Okay, I started something when a fellow tweeter was asking for baby shower theme ideas. I threw out there the theme of my baby shower, poker. Yes, it is true. At first I refused to have a baby shower at all, but my sister was insistent. I finally said okay on the following conditions: it cannot be a bunch of women spending an afternoon eating macaroni salad, having to make small-talk, and watching me open gifts then oohing and ahhing over them all. We came up with the poker/baby shower party.

The shower was held in the evening when dinner could be served. All of our poker buddies (my husband I played once a week back then) were invited plus family and other friends including husbands and children. My sister had a delicious menu, arranged activities for every age, and even helped me drive home a few guests who had a few too many. Now how many women can say they had to be a designated driver at their own baby shower! But who better than the woman who can't drink!

Here is a look at some of the fun:

Menu
Crab Quiche
Spinach Quiche
Broccoli Quiche
Clam chowder
Hot rolls
Green salad
Veggie platter
Chips and dip
Carrot cake



Design-a-Onesie


Onesies drying










Grandpa-to-Be



The Kids




Playing Poker


Baby Bottle Beer Race
This simply does not translate trough photos - the poker players had to take a break and the first to suck all the beer out of these teeny tiny baby bottles won a prize. People were laughing until they cried!



Guess What's in the Diaper
(Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, Peppermint Patty, Milky Way, Hershey Bar)



Oohing and Aahing Over Gifts