Birthday Parties: Simplicity
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One Birthday Party or Two
Asked by S.J. from Mobile
on November 8, 2006
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This is planning a bit far in advance, but my son's birthday is only 2 days before my due date for the next baby to arrive. Since their birthday's will only be 2 days ...
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- My daughter was born 6 days before my sons birthday and uo too my daughters 3rd birthday and my sons 6th birthday I did them together, but now I started separtating th...
- My brother has 2 girls who's birthdays are about 20 days apart but in the same month. He has been doing their birthdays together since then were little girls. It's alw...
- My children are 5 days apart, and I wouldn't dream of doing theirs together. I do them one weekend apart. It's really not that hard to do it that way! Good luck in...
Birthday Party Etiquette
Asked by M.S. from Minneapolis
on March 12, 2012
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Another question! My husband and I were discussing whom to invite to my daughter's birthday party. She can only have 10 people at the venue we selected, and the them...
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- if you keep it to all girls its less awkward to tell the one parent they cant bring their son. If you're going back to your house after with all of the kids you could...
- Invite who she wants to invite. Not everybody gets invited all the time. I was not invited to all of my sister's friends' parties. Nor did my SD invite our nephews to ...
- Maybe it depends on the area but in my neck of the woods, it's almost expected that not only is the child invited, but the parents and siblings as well UNLESS the invi...
Appropriate 2Nd Birthday Party
Asked by H.S. from Cincinnati
on February 22, 2010
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Who is appropriate to invite to a 2nd birthday party. I have an enormous extended family, and have invited them to the 1st birthday, but should the 2nd birthday be the...
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- My son is two. We invited our closest family and friends. It was still big, but not as big as his 1st birthday (when we invited everyone). Before inviting someone, ask...
- you could always just do 2 parties. when i was young i always had a party with friends and a separate family party (we group 2-3 months of birthdays together) my son w...
- I also have a large family. Here is what we have done for our 4 children. First one is always big in our family. We rent halls so everyone can be comfortable or par...
Birthday Party Logistics (We Are from Out of State) What Would You Do?
Asked by J.M. from Minneapolis
on February 13, 2011
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So we are from out of state. Last year, since we had just moved here, we had our son's birthday party back home with all of his friends. This year, he has lots of frie...
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- Have his birthday party here a week early. Then go on his actual birthday to out of state party.Problem solved. Enjoy! M
- I would have his party where you and his friends live. If you choose to take family up on flying you out there for a visit shortly after or before his birthday they c...
- Definately stay where you are in Minnesota! Minnesota is where you live now - not anywhere else. You are making a life in Minnesota, and Minnesota is where your son'...
Birthday Party for a 4 Year Old
Asked by S.K. from Denver
on December 2, 2008
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What are some good cheap ideas for a 4 year birthday party? Money is pretty tight with the way things are and also the holidays so I don't want to spend a fortune on ...
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- Hi S., There is a site called Birthday Party Ideas at... http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/ If you have a theme in mind, you can look through all sorts of ideas ...
- Hit the dollar store. That was my mom's trick and it was always a great sucess. find things they can do themselves. Frost their own cup cakes, decorate their own cooki...
- Bowling is always a hit! You only need to rent a couple lanes (less than $20)- depending on kids and since they are only 4 it's likely that they won't have shoes in th...
"Old Fashioned" Birthday Party - Long - with Another Question as Well!
Asked by W.T. from San Diego
on July 22, 2010
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My sons' birthdays are coming up in October. The will be three and one years old.
We usually do just family and close friends at my mom's house (our yard isn't part...
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- I wouldn't feel bad at all. I understand what you were trying to do. Because at the ages of 3 and 1 the kiddos don't nessarly know what is going on, ON that day excep...
- I understand your point of view and agree with much of what you are saying. We have parties for our kids and up to now have just invited family -about 30 people. (We ...
- I don't believe people are trying to one up each other. I just think its a combination of how they were brought up celebrating and how they feel a birthday should be ...
Dual Party?
Asked by J.C. from Los Angeles
on February 9, 2009
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I have 2 kids, one girl who is almost 4 and 1 boy who is almost 2, the thing is their birthday days are exactly 3 weeks apart. Most of the people invited to the party ...
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- Absolutely okay to have a dual party! They are still so young that it won't matter to them a bit. When they are old enough for it to bother them, they'll let you know!...
- Oh yes, totally. As long as your oldest isn't generally "annoyed" with her little brother. If they are good buddies, which I'm sure they are, she will not mind at al...
- I have 3 kids, the oldest 2 are just days shy of being 2 years apart.(one is on the 17th and a boy, the second on the 28th and a girl). When they were little I threw j...
Daughters Birthday
Asked by C.G. from Houston
on June 26, 2008
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My daughter is going to be turning 1 in about 2 months (WOW, its past by so fast). My MIL is a big party planner and wants to know what "theme" I want for her birthda...
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- Hi C., For my daughter's first birthday we did the 1st birthday theme. You can find some adorable items at your local party store or go online to www.partyexpress...
- Hi C.. My youngest daughter just turned one a few weeks ago, and I did The Baby Minnie theme. It really looked beautiful.
- At my daughter's first birthday (last September) we decorated in baby Sesame Street characters. There are tons of decorations with baby Elmo, baby Cookie Monster, and...
1St Birthday Party Activites for Kids
Asked by P.S. from Dallas
on March 18, 2008
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My sons first birthday is this May and I have no idea what kinds of activities to plan for the kids. I am brand new to planning kids parties.I really did not want to d...
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- Your baby boy is going to be 1-year old and won't care if you have a party or not. For the first birthday party for my children, we had a homemade cake and invited im...
- My youngest turns 1 also here in just a matter of weeks....I am just planning a BBQ - of course complete with cake and ice cream, because it's true - they don't know a...
- 1st Birthday's are fun...but let's be honest...is your child really going to remember this one... We had a rather small gathering of my child friends (along with the ...
Why Do Kids Seem to Not Have Fun at Their Birthday Party?
Asked by A.S. from Eugene
on September 18, 2011
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Have you noticed it too? With a 3 year old and 9 year old I see very different aged kids not having fun when my kids are the guests. All the guests are having a gre...
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- Because they're overwhelmed. We've turned birthday parties into these huge events that small children are unable to handle. Some people plan them and make no plans for...
- My youngest has always gotten excited about having a party but at the age of 16 has realized she really likes to be with a few of her close friends to have fun. She's ...
- They are emotionally overwhelmed. I've noticed it too! We also make sure that our kids don't have to share their new toys at all. It gets WAY too overwhelming if th...
