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At what age did you start having parties for your children??

post #1 of 14
1/4/01 at 2:04am
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I mean the kind of parties where you invited their friends over and it was more than just family.
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post #2 of 14
1/4/01 at 4:40pm
This year, at Jessi's 4th birthday, we invited a few of her friends over. In our case, she has several cousins around her age that always come to the parties, so she's always had a few of her "friends" around. This time we kept it small with her 2 cousin, 2 friends from school, grandparents and aunt & uncle.

I think those adults will always be at her parties, but for her 5th birthday, I hope she'll have a few more friends her own age.
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post #3 of 14
1/8/01 at 8:14pm
In July Christian will be a year old. I know that is along ways away but my husband gets out of the Navy in June and we will be bringing everything that is in Mississippi back up here and finding a place to live. By the time we get organized his birthday will be here before you know it.

SO I am kind of all ready thinking about what kind of party to have. Unfortunatly we have step-families(his mome and dad are both remarried) so the party will be bigger than I would like it to be but we are thinking a big party this time and then the next party probably won't be so big.

Wendy
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post #4 of 14
1/16/01 at 5:34pm
I still have not had parties for my kids yet because I have been to birthday parties where the kids just want the gifts and if its not what they want they just throw it behind them and ask for the next one. I was turned off on b-day parties when a little boy I knew got like 20 presents,it was a big party of mostly adults and he got mad when he found out there was no more presents. He was turning 4 and I don't want my kids to end up like him and only care about the gift aspect of the b-day party.
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post #5 of 14
1/23/01 at 10:25pm

We are going to throw our daughter her first birthday party and the theme is.........

We are going to throw our daughter her first birthday party and the theme is Noah's Ark! We are having over Family members and her friends from church! So I could use all the ideas I could get on Finger Foods! I don't think I will serve IceCream ! But We will have Cake and Finger Foods!
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post #6 of 14
3/9/01 at 12:14pm

At what age did you start having parties for your children??

I had started having parties for my son on his first birthday. I love parties with friends and family, so we have the a few times a year...his birthday, sometimes Thanksgiving or Christmas, Easter, and the 4th of July.

--Sherri
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post #7 of 14
3/9/01 at 12:36pm
I am throwing a family party when Alexis turns one in October. But with the friends and such...I will wait until she is older of course and has friends and maybe wait until she suggests it or when she is in preschool ask her if that is what she would like to do.
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post #8 of 14
3/9/01 at 12:49pm
We're having a pretty big party of Austin on his 1st birthday in July, bu tonly because most of my friends have become "Aunts & Uncles" and they are a big part of his life, and I want to include them in on his 1st birthday..

I'm not going to make a big deal out of it.. we're having it outside.. at My fiance's parents house.. and just having cake and icecream.. nothing big.. not going to do a lot of decorating either.. just family and friends..
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post #9 of 14
3/9/01 at 12:57pm
A rule of thumb a friend of mine uses for her children's birthday parties is they can invite the number of friends that equal to their age. So a 3 year old can have 3 friends, a 4 year old 4 friends and so on. I haven't tried it because my kids are 2 and 1, but it seemed like a good way to keep from having a total zoo.
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post #10 of 14
3/10/01 at 10:11am
Haley had a pretty big party for her first birthday but it was mostly family. She started having friends come to parties at two. She is going to have her first slumber party this year at five. (her suggestion) it shouldn't really be a problem because her best friends are two years older than her and have already done the slumber party thing. A few of the kids will be going home before bed though.
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post #11 of 14
3/11/01 at 5:06am
DH and I have been doing the apartment manager thing since Johnathan was 2, so at his and Jeremy's b-day parties there are always 2-5 kids there, plus family!
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post #12 of 14
3/19/01 at 4:57pm
Geneva will be turning 1 year old in April and it's only a month away...I'm thinking of either a balloon theme or a pooh theme. I read in some websites that for that age, theme parties are more for the adults enjoyment, but after reading some of the posts...I'm thinking a Pooh party would be fun making the food to go with the theme. She has a few friends her own age from a baby class I took, so there may be a bunch of half crawling/half walking group to contend with. The family and parents friends party will most likely be a separate party as our chinese families are pretty big.

My friend had some good ideas too for first parties: Catapillar cake (cupcakes for the cake decorated like a catapillar with licorice and smarties)and chocolate cake cut up in squares and put into a toy dump truck to look like dirt with icing on the side.
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post #13 of 14
6/11/01 at 6:39pm
Birthday parties. I always had them growing up. My mother always at least gave me a cake matching my chosen theme/invitation. When it came time for my oldest's first my husband balked. He said parties at this age were ridiculous and only for the parents really. Well, I won the day with his mother behind me. That was 5 years ago. I can tell you that my son LOVES to pull out the "Baby Tad Movie" and watch it again. If there had been no decorations would it be as much fun to see? Maybe. But he loved it then and still now. He has had his theme for this year chosen for the last 6 months. And yesterday he told me what theme he wants for next year! I'll wait and see on that though. As for friends. We decided that when he asks that's when he'll get them to come. He has one friend who has always come. As for poor party behavior? That is the parents fault entirely. My kids have both been taught that when they recieve a gift they immediately go and thank/hug the gift-giver. The same is basically true at Christmas. After the party is over. We write thank you notes. Last year he signed his name. This year I will help/let him write the whole thing.
OKAY. I'm done. Sorry it was so long.
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post #14 of 14
9/20/01 at 6:10am
We have had parties from the first birthday. I either make or buy the invitations and we invite several friends as well as family. We haven't had any children show up except for my oldest daughters 4th birthday this year.

Megan will be 1 on Oct. 14th, Monica will be 3 on Nov. 30 and my dh will be 30 on Nov. 20, so we have lots to do these next couple months. Especially with the holidays coming also.

I think it's important to photograph our children as much as we can and a birthday party is another milestone. We are celebrating them being here for another year and blessing us with their beauty!!
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