My favorite party is at home in the backyard.
Don't get me wrong, if you want to spend $200.00 a kid
for some over stimulation extravaganza to entertain my daughter for
an afternoon, we're in.We will have a blast and then go home and
recoup in the quiet that is our normal life.
If I am going to throw a party, it will be at home in our backyard.
Party games,music,food made by me.Lots of family and friends
to celebrate with us.I have nothing against people catering their parties,
or buying a cake, I just like to do it myself. It is how I show my love.
I hope when Princess grows up this will be one of the many special memories
she will have that makes her feel my love.Of course there is a chance it will be one of the many
reasons she gives her therapist as proof that I ruined her life! LOL
I'm willing to risk it. ;-)
Yesterday we had a great time at a birthday party for our friend's son. He turned 5 and
the kids played on the swings (where they also put on a circus for us adults) and ran through a sprinkler
and played in a bouncy house and a good time was enjoyed by all. The food was good, the company better
and we all left full and tired. Princess is still sleeping as I write this.
Today we will try to catch up with some other friends and I'm going to try to bring Princess
to a local library's penny book sale.
7 comments:
That looks like a lot of fun! I agree,at that age kids just want to play ,and in order to do that they don't need some extravaganza:)
I couldn't agree more about backyard birthday parties vs. expensive extravaganzas. The kids look like they were having a wonderful time!
I totally agree. We almost always have a party at home, on a theme. We've done medevial theme, pirates, luau, barnyard friends, and a Hippie tie-dye party. They are so much more memorable than the same old skating/ Chuck E Cheese parties everyone else has! I also don't agree with having parties every single year once they hit six. Make them special, and even bigger. This is Girlie's year for a big one...I'm sure to start posting ideas soon...
The party looked like a lot of fun.
I like backyard parties too and Ami is always involved in the planning down to the decoration of the cake.
Thanks for all the affirmations Gals!
M- P likes to plan hers as well.
A- I can just imagine the uproar from my family if we stopped having a party every year,lol. We are an "any excuse for a party family".
J & O- They did all have fun just being together..infants to preteen.
I'm here to agree with you too. It is my hope that there is a backlash to these expensive show off parties. I must admit, I am such a loser when it comes to the social aspect of raising my dd that she hasn't been invited to any birthday parties so far. I agree with Angela that a child should have a big friends birthday party on every few years. It keeps it special. I am planning to do something a little more special for Citcat's 4th as we had a super low key bday party for her 3rd.
It would be great if a coop of families could share one of those bouncy things. They are so expensive to rent.
We actually all have been borrowing
the big items from each other...someone has a bouncy house, someone a tent etc..keeps the cost down.
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