**Lari**

Mickschick

Just read your post below regarding the half birthdays. I wanted to start a new thread with you b/c I wasn't sure if you were going back to read the replies to that one still. Anyway- here's my 2 cents...

 I think it would be fine to do their parties on their half birthday. My friend's son's birthday is 12/25 and she has his party at the end of June every year. This way they can go and do something outside and people can actually come to his party b/c the end of December is kind of hard for people.

I think that if you had their large bday parties on their half birthdays and then on their actual birthday just do something special with you and your H and the kids it wouldn't be weird at all.

I get what you're saying about making sure that they each have their own special day. I make sure to make each of the twins their own birthday cakes with the theme that they want b/c I didn't have to share my birthday cake on my birthday so why should they?

AnnapolisLari

Thanks for seeing where I am coming from. I am not trying to extort extra gifts, or give my kids some sense of entitlement. Far from it. What I am trying to do is (gasp) give my kids a birthday party. DS home party was cancelled, he had snow days the week of his special day at school.

I am in the Ohio snow belt, and the likelihood of birthdays in December being snowed out every year is high. January is actually worse.

Add to that the fact that everyone has a billion events in late November and early December, and turnout is shaky.

The first couple of weeks of June are the end of the school year, and the weather is great. Much better for parties.

passar3588

Totally butting in here. I read the thread below and wanted to share my 2 cents. My nephew's b-day is December 3rd and I have missed his b-day party for the last 3 years because of sickness or weather.  I'm also in Ohio - I missed his 6th birthday b/c of a snowstorm, his 7th b-day because I had a preemie newborn and there were going to be kids at the party that had been sick recently, and I just missed his 8th birthday because my baby was sick with a horrible chest cold.

I think your idea is just fine and your reasons are valid. If my nephew's birthdays had been in the summer, I'm sure I would have made all 3 of them

DandelionMom

I'm totally butting in too!  I think a half birthday is fine.  And I hear you about the snow.  I swear it always snows on my middle DD's birthday -- two years ago it was a record snow storm.  Poor December kids. 

AnnapolisLari

I am also attempting to be considerate of potential guests. I do know people who try to make it to parties whatever the weather, but I don't want to risk anyone's life on nasty roads, only to get to my house and have limited parking because we've had to take up half the parking pad with heaps of snow. LOL

From the looks of some of the party pics that have been posted over the years, Parenting kids aren't lacking for elaborate birthday parties and piles of gifts.