A birthday they won’t forget!
Personally, I never understood doing extravagant birthday parties for children who are too young to remember them - and if you believe that, I’ve a bridge to sell you, cheap! When my daughter - just turned 13 - was turning two, we invited everyone to a Princess Party, where my mom made costumes for the boys (Robin Hood-esque, completely with swords) and girls (Tiara’s, tu-tus, and princess wands), we rented the Fun Jump for several hours, and generally had a fantastic time. I’ve done similar with all my kids - but that one was priceless because my Princess pouted through the whole thing, having missed her nap.
What’s that got to do with Rachael Ray? Well, she’s been advertising on the website asking for stories of people who had “over the top” parties for their kids. A Hammonton, NJ woman, Kasi Anderson was intrigued and decided to present her party details.
Kasi Anderson knew her first child, Kiley Ann would only turn 1 once. So for her daughter’s first birthday party, she decided to go all out.
On a recent afternoon at Valenzano Winery in nearby Shamong Township, 150 guests enjoyed a festive afternoon featuring a petting zoo, a caricaturist, pony rides, plenty of food and even a motorcycle-riding parrot.
“It was like a carnival. It was my first kid so I just wanted to do it. It was crazy,” Anderson said.
A fan of television personality Rachael Ray, Anderson recently went on the cooking celebrity/talk show host’s Web site inquiring about tickets to the daytime talk show. While online, Anderson noticed the show’s producers were looking for people who presented “an over the top” party for their child.Intrigued, Anderson typed in all the details on the upcoming celebration for her daughter and sent it in.
She didn’t think anything else of it, figuring there were more people with bigger parties then she had planned. However, a few days later, Rachael Ray Show producers called and said they were sending a film crew to document the party. Not only that, but they also covered the smaller, just family version at their home on Kiley’s actual birthday.
Kasi, Brian and Kiley are tentatively scheduled to appear on the show sometime in December. Big fans of Rachael Ray and the show, Kasi says the only question she doesn’t want to answer is “How much did you spend?”
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