A couple days ago I shared a post entitled Birthday Party Guidelines All Parents Should Follow. It was fairly popular here and on the Facebook page. I feel pretty strongly about this subject. It has nothing to do with the fact that we don’t have any money right now. It has nothing to do with […]
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Birthday Party Guidelines For Your Child’s First Eighteen Years
1 year Don’t have a party. Your kid won’t remember. And you will spend most of your time trying to keep him or her awake when it is nap time or bed time. You don’t need to waste time making an Elmo cake from scratch or waste money on party decorations and food and booze […]
How to throw a good, old fashioned, inexpensive birthday party (and be able to sit down and enjoy it).
I have written about my thoughts on birthday parties before. I am not anti-party. I looooove a party. But I am anti-over-the-top parties for little kids. I am also anti-excessive party decorations and anti-cakes that take hours to make. And I am seriously anti-goodie bags. Numbers 3, 5, and 6 all have birthdays within 5 days […]