It was Number 7’s birthday on Friday. She turned seven years old. Number 7 has the latest birthday of all the kids, so she is always waiting and waiting and waiting AND WAITING for her big day to come. Everyone who knows me knows I have an issue with over-the-top birthday celebrations for kids for […]
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Why I Don’t Bring My Preschoolers to Birthday Parties
Number 5 and 6 are both in preschool. Number 5 is in a 4’s class, and Number 6 is in a 3’s class. If you have kids this age, you know what that means. Invitations to at least 197 birthday parties throughout the school year. Back when Number 3 was in preschool and I was […]
Just call me Colonel Smith.
For some reason, the kindergarten and first grade years are birthday party hell years. It’s probably because the kids haven’t started thinking that members of the opposite sex are gross yet. So if a kid has a party, he or she invites the whole class. Even if only half of the kids in the class […]