Birthday parties

It's so good to see some activity here!! Yay!!

My twins will be six in June. K has been very interesting with them in
different classes. Our weekends are filled with birthday parties for their
classmates, it seems. Ashlyn's classmates tend to invite everyone in the class
and Allyson gets invites from all the girls-- there seems to be more of the
boy/girl division in her class for some reason. Anyway, my question is what to
do for their birthday(s). I have another daughter who will be two in June just
a few days before the twins birthday. We've always just done family parties--
with extended family and family friends invited. Last year I did do two
parties because I felt the little one deserved her own first birthday party--
but, that also meant that I took up two consecutivwe Saturday afternoons for
our family and friends. I need some of you more experienced parents to tell me
if it would be terrible for me to have one party for all the June birthdays.
I'm not really willing to invite "the whole class" for each of the girls-- 40
kids-- no way!! But, I'm thinking maybe just do one big family party and then
letting A&A choose another day to invite a friend or two or three each over for
a special playtime or some kind of outing. Or maybe I should just have a
separate party for A&A that is for some of the kids from school. School will
not be in session around the time of their birthday if that makes any
difference. I just can't figure out how to handle this and I feel like this is
the year that I need to set the precedent! Thanks in advance!

-Cindy (mom to Ashlyn and Allyson 6/99 and Jenna 6/03)

Hi Cindy,

I definitely think having the twins do a separate day with a few
friends each is the way to go with the "friend party". I haven't yet
done friends with my boys, but in K is when it started with my DD and
you are right, this is the time to set precedent. If you start now
with lots of kids it will be hard to scale it down from here! I think
especially with them both being girls, it will be easier to combine
their friend-party.

As for the family party, that's a tough one. The twins are and always
will be used to sharing their birthday party (obviously, lol), amd
Jenna certainly won't notice yet, so I say definitely do them all
together. You are so right about taking up two weekends for your
family. That's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot or work for you.
As Jenna gets older she may want to do her own thing, but if you do
her own "friend party", she may not mind sharing the "family day" with
her sisters.

My two sisters have birthdays four days apart in August, and as kids
they always shared birthday parties. The older one still teases my mom
about it, but they really didn't mind. You know kids...as long as they
have their own presents, they are pretty easy

Take care,

Ellen
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Erin 6/95
Bradley & Alex 10/00

For the last 3 years we have done a "friends" party. Each child gets to
invite a special friend or two. Last year we did a bowling party with each
twins inviting three friends each. That worked fine. This year each twin
invited one friend on a day outing, Kathleen chose a manicure and lunch and
then shopping at the mall. Chris went to a movie and lunch and an arcade.
Both seemed to have a good time and their "best" friends had fun too. No
cake except for family. Neither complained about that either. At 10 no one
really wants "the girls" or "the boys" to bother them.

Shirley
Chris and Kathleen 1/95

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Hi Cindy,

I definitely think having the twins do a separate day with a few
friends each is the way to go with the "friend party". I haven't yet
done friends with my boys, but in K is when it started with my DD and
you are right, this is the time to set precedent. If you start now
with lots of kids it will be hard to scale it down from here! I think
especially with them both being girls, it will be easier to combine
their friend-party.

As for the family party, that's a tough one. The twins are and always
will be used to sharing their birthday party (obviously, lol), amd
Jenna certainly won't notice yet, so I say definitely do them all
together. You are so right about taking up two weekends for your
family. That's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot or work for you.
As Jenna gets older she may want to do her own thing, but if you do
her own "friend party", she may not mind sharing the "family day" with
her sisters.

My two sisters have birthdays four days apart in August, and as kids
they always shared birthday parties. The older one still teases my mom
about it, but they really didn't mind. You know kids...as long as they
have their own presents, they are pretty easy

Take care,

Ellen
---------------
Erin 6/95
Bradley & Alex 10/00