tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188973210793999208.post8192695744914573367..comments2024-02-27T03:35:32.071-08:00Comments on always shoot for your dreams: Birthday partiessocialworkerathearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275954333448290962noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188973210793999208.post-31704101884863111792008-03-30T21:28:00.000-07:002008-03-30T21:28:00.000-07:00I think that anything you do to celebrate your chi...I think that anything you do to celebrate your child's birthday, and make it special for them, will be enough. <BR/><BR/> We've spent a lot of money on a birthday party one year, and very little this year and I think Miss R loved both parties about the same. What mattered to her was being around family and friends, and since we had that covered, she was happy as could be. At this age the children are not worried about keeping up appearances, or who had the better, bigger party. All they care about is having a good time, with people they like to be around. <BR/><BR/>And I have to keep reminding myself of that after each birthday extravangza that we attend, because I don't want to get caught up in the mindet of keeping up with the Joneses, or that bigger is always better.<BR/><BR/>It does suck that we've gotten to the point where siblings are starting to be excluded. As you said they ALL play together, and in my mind they ALL are friends, so when you only invite one of the kids in a family, it makes me wonder if they really are ALL friends? Or if they are just tag-a-longs to some people. <BR/><BR/>I hear you about the cost and the effort to try and arrange childcare for the siblings. If it got to the point where Mr.Man couldn't watch D, then R probably wouldn't go. Which just doesn't seem right either. Ugh. What a headache.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919914812869945091noreply@blogger.com