Birthday traditions?
My daughter is also known for her birthday parties. She has these huge sleepovers that all of her friends come to and its exhausting lol. Thankfully I'm used to large groups of kids. We usually do a craft, cake and gifts, dinner, breakfast, and games. Food is my only large expense other than that its surprisingly affordable.
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We don't do parties either so the kids just pick what they want to do and where they want to eat. My stepson actually turns 7 today.
no parties ever? why?carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:43 pm We don't do parties either so the kids just pick what they want to do and where they want to eat. My stepson actually turns 7 today.
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We no longer do parties as they do not want them. They would rather just have a few friends over order in pizza and binge watch movies. We go out as a family one day close to the birthday. My oldest is born Feb 14th, so of course we have never been out on her actual birthday as it is a zoo. On their actually birthday they get to pick the dinner of their choice and we also have a cake of their choice.
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We got tired of inviting people and them showing up to eat and not bringing presents. I know it's not about gifts but that kept happening so we said screw it. It seemed like we were just inviting people over to eat and that was it.RedBottoms wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:48 pmno parties ever? why?carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:43 pm We don't do parties either so the kids just pick what they want to do and where they want to eat. My stepson actually turns 7 today.
I will do one for the baby for his first birthday because that's special but after that probably not.
were you just inviting family or were these their school friends?carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:23 pmWe got tired of inviting people and them showing up to eat and not bringing presents. I know it's not about gifts but that kept happening so we said screw it. It seemed like we were just inviting people over to eat and that was it.RedBottoms wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:48 pmno parties ever? why?carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:43 pm We don't do parties either so the kids just pick what they want to do and where they want to eat. My stepson actually turns 7 today.
I will do one for the baby for his first birthday because that's special but after that probably not.
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RedBottoms wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:31 pmwere you just inviting family or were these their school friends?carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:23 pmWe got tired of inviting people and them showing up to eat and not bringing presents. I know it's not about gifts but that kept happening so we said screw it. It seemed like we were just inviting people over to eat and that was it.
I will do one for the baby for his first birthday because that's special but after that probably not.
At the time it was just family since the kids were little. It would probably be different now but the kids have never expressed wanting an actual party.
Family parties suck. I have never done a family party. I just have done friends parties and the kids lOVE them. I would let him have one now that he is in school.carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:40 pmRedBottoms wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:31 pmwere you just inviting family or were these their school friends?carterscutie85 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:23 pm
We got tired of inviting people and them showing up to eat and not bringing presents. I know it's not about gifts but that kept happening so we said screw it. It seemed like we were just inviting people over to eat and that was it.
I will do one for the baby for his first birthday because that's special but after that probably not.
At the time it was just family since the kids were little. It would probably be different now but the kids have never expressed wanting an actual party.
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Weird! I could have sworn I saw the post change names. Maybe since it's similar to the one I mentioned I just misread.Kayelynnesmommy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:00 amI haven’t changed my name I was kayelynnesmommy on cafemom too I just don’t make many post.Emandab wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:47 pmI'm pretty sure she just changed her screen name, could have sworn it said it was by kendallsmom? or someone else with a familiar sn earlier.Anonymous 6 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:47 pm You post anon a lot, eh? I’ve never once seen your name but you’ve made a lot of comments.