When Serophina turned one, it was a big to-do in our house. We planned a huge birthday party for her and invited everyone we knew. We made great food, great drinks, had a gorgeous cake and decorated the entire house for the big event. I went out and bought her a first-birthday outfit which totaled around $100! Back then it was no big deal for me to spend that much money on an outfit that she would probably only wear once, for two reasons: 1) We could afford it then and 2) it was our FIRST child’s FIRST birthday! In my mind, no expense should be spared! Four years and …
Kevin and I have been married for 7 years but we’ve been together for 12 years…. that’s a lot of Valentines Days that we’ve celebrated together. As I look back at our history of Valentine’s Day celebrations, it resembles a roller coaster track. It starts way up high and then steadily goes down but then somewhere along the way climbs back up then down again. That’s just what tends to happen when you’ve been together for that long. Our first one was the most special and most memorable. The ones after that were special as well, usually we got dressed up, exchanged gifts and went out to a fancy dinner. …
The birthday party at the bouncy house was a total success! When it was all said and done I started thinking about the part of a kids party that always seems to be the most chaotic: gift opening time.
I’m not keen on the fact that the process of opening presents quickly becomes a contest of unwrapping everything as fast as you can without taking time to oooh and aaahhh over each one and telling the person who brought it how much you love it.
Not only that, but all the other kids get so excited that they’re usually surrounding the birthday boy/girl with a gift in hand shouting “open …
This is the way to go!
Recently I wrote about the dilemma I was having over what to do for Serophina’s fourth birthday party. I really wanted to avoid having everyone at our house mostly because of space. There’s just not enough room for adults and kids to move around comfortably, not to mention the kids would probably destroy everything in their path. Ideally, I wanted to have her party at a bouncy house but the closest one to us is 45 minutes away and costs an arm and a leg to have a 2-hour party.
One day last week I happened to mention my dilemma to …
What'd you say to my cub!?
We were at a birthday party not to long ago and most of the kids there were Serophina’s typical friends that she knows and plays with and they all get along swimmingly.
They were playing upstairs when Serophina comes downstairs kind of sulky and says that there’s a girl being mean to her and yelling at her. My initial reaction was not of concern because I thought she might be exaggerating and it was just a normal tiff that happens with children.
Later on I saw for myself that there was indeed another child there that I didn’t know who was terrorizing Serophina! And …
So I said it…I believe every baby coming into this world should be celebrated! I don’t care if it is baby #1 or baby #6 – the new Mom/Baby should have some type of celebration!
I think the “proper etiquette” says a Mother should only have a baby shower for her first baby!! It doesn’t have to be a fancy baby shower…….a lunch out with friends or casual dinner will do!! A baby is a gift and should be celebrated!!
When I was pregnant with my oldest……he was born early so my baby shower was postponed until after he was born. It was a special day to me. I was surrounded by friends and …
