Yesterday (Saturday) was my daughter's 12th birthday.
Since I moved to a rural home over the summer and my kids don't know very many kids here, throwing a big party would be a waste. (She's getting that at her dad's next weekend.) So our deal this year (for both my kids) was instead of a big party, which usually costs as much or more than the presents, they get really nice presents. They agreed to this. So she got a (used, but don't tell her) Kindle Paperwhite with a Carolina blue case and some e-books, because she LOVES to read. She also got to go shopping for a couple outfits with money from my mom. Then we cooked her requested meal: a steak dinner and lemon meringue pie instead of a cake.
She was very pleased with her birthday!
I always had at-home parties when I was a kid. Mostly pool parties because I'm an August child and lived in an apartment complex with a pool. How were your birthdays celebrated when you were a child? And would you have been okay with no party and all that money instead put toward presents?
Since I moved to a rural home over the summer and my kids don't know very many kids here, throwing a big party would be a waste. (She's getting that at her dad's next weekend.) So our deal this year (for both my kids) was instead of a big party, which usually costs as much or more than the presents, they get really nice presents. They agreed to this. So she got a (used, but don't tell her) Kindle Paperwhite with a Carolina blue case and some e-books, because she LOVES to read. She also got to go shopping for a couple outfits with money from my mom. Then we cooked her requested meal: a steak dinner and lemon meringue pie instead of a cake.
She was very pleased with her birthday!
I always had at-home parties when I was a kid. Mostly pool parties because I'm an August child and lived in an apartment complex with a pool. How were your birthdays celebrated when you were a child? And would you have been okay with no party and all that money instead put toward presents?
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