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joint birthday parties

Roco&LecheRoco&Leche
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DD turns 2 on March 19 and DS turns 1 on March 21st.  So we will be doing a joint bday party on Saturday March 20th. 

Any theme ideas come to mind?

Should they have their own cake?

I was thinking of sugar and spice along with snakes and snales but not sure if that is kind of "mean" to DS.  

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Re: joint birthday parties

  • thomas&lynnthomas&lynn member

    My kiddos could very well end up that close in Bdays! Anyhoo.......would your 2yo care much if you just did a BBQ at home? You could have a sheet cake and have them decorate one 1/2 one way, the other half, another?

    I would think themes will be hard to consolidate when they get older becuase of course next year you'll have a very opnionated 3yo lol but this year you could do something neutral if you needed some theme..............like Springtime or Bugs  in general?

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  • howleyshellhowleyshell member

    I'd take the 2 yr old shopping at a party store and let DD pick out something gender neutral that she likes (Elmo, etc)

    I'd let it be something she'll enjoy and get a kick out of because she'll actually understand what's going on and your 1 yr old will have no clue.  Frankly your guests won't care much if their plate has Elmo, Thomas, or a teddy bear on it.

    My vote is cupcakes so everyone has their own cake.  Can't deny a 1 yr old the chance to get face down in some cake!  And the 2 yr old should be able to blow out her own candles with some supervision.

    And... I'm too lazy to cut cake for everyone while I've got 2 toddlers running around so cupcakes work much better in general.

     

    No way would I combine their parties again after this year.  At 3 DD is gonna want something that she's into and it's not likely to be anything your Son will be into. 

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  • aras3karas3k
    I would maybe do 2 small, different flavor cakes, one for each. I like PP's suggestion of letting the 2 year old pick out things since they will notice more than your one year old. My brother and I always had to do joint birthdays because we were born 2 weeks apart in the same month we hated it. Thank goodness it stopped after a few years of it!
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  • Roco&LecheRoco&Leche
    I love the cupcake idea.  She does love ELMO.  Yeah, we wont be doing joint birthdays after this. 
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