LO will be 2 in June and I'm throwing him a party. With all the planning, shopping and running around trying to find a place to have it, I can't see myself having a party for every birthday. My mom only focused on "important birthdays" when I was growing up, i.e. 2, 5, 10, 13, 16. I have a feeling that I'll be doing the same thing. I'm curious, do you celebrate every birthday with a big party? Or just focus on the big years? If that makes sense.
Do You Throw A Birthday Party Every Year? 149 votes
Re: Do You Throw A Birthday Party Every Year?
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No
I don't have set ages per say. Plus I have 3 kids. April, May June... Talk about fucking broke!!!!
We didn't have anything this past year because she wanted chuck e cheese and my family was upset.
Not sure what we will do just yet about friend parties.
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Doing that we see eye to eye thing....
Also Father's Day & DH bday is in June!! FML.... ugh!
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When I say party I'm meaning invitations get sent out, pinatas, a lot of kids, a theme, ect. We'll most likely always do something with family and definitely always a cake. LO's birthday is in the beginning of June, so he will probably have a school party one year.
The family parties, except for his 1st, aren't that big of a deal.
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Though, now that I think about it, it will probably depend on what he wants to do, but even then it would simple parties at home with maybe some games and a cake and some food. I don't see myself planning elaborate parties at venues and all that. I'm not organized or motivated enough to do that.
Yes, we will throw parties every year. But, the parties will not be large events. For DD's second, we had gradparents, her aunts and uncles, and two of her little friends.
Once she is in school, she will be having birthday parties with just some friends from school. The only really big party she will get was for her first birthday.
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We play outside in the backyard and eat a cake I make. The end.
We have a pool and a big yard but small house. DS' birthday is 11/30, so maybe we'll just do a fun pool party in the summer and skip the birthday party, but I'll let him decide when he's older. I don't want to have a bunch of people inside my house but also don't want to pay a lot to rent a place or for an expensive indoor activity. I also don't think he needs presents. Wow, I am sounding like a mean mom and antisocial person.
Tl;dr - probably will not have a BD party every year, but we'll see how DS feels about it when he's older.
@TiffanyBerry If I didn't live in a tiny 2 bedroom condo & actually had a backyard then I'd do the same. He's not having a full blown party every year though, so I don't mind a few months of some craziness for this birthday.
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I fully support inviting the whole class for little kids. Kids in my DD's class are turning 4, and they do get excited about parties and talk about them at school. Not so much at 3, but definitely at 4.
I will say that if you invite the whole class, be prepared for people wanting to bring both parents, along with siblings. Says the poster who invited the whole class and just a few family friends to DD's birthday party last weekend, and ended up with a party attended by SIXTY FUCKING PEOPLE.
I'm seriously so lazy when it comes to parties. I just cannot maintain the interest to put in that much work. But, as an invitee, they are very nice to attend.
Yeah, it was crazy stressful. But to be fair, it was mostly my fault. DD is in daycare at my workplace, which is not near where we live, and last year only 2 classmates came to our party in a park near our house. This year I had such anxiety that no one would come and she'd be disappointed that I chose a more central location and tried to do it someplace cool and interesting that people might be excited about. And that resulted in people thinking, "Cool -- let's bring the whole family!" I mean, one family brought both parents and two additional brothers, the oldest of whom looked about 12. And the cost was based on headcount, so...yeah. In hindsight, I should have anticipated this and put clear parameters in the invitations.
TL;DR -- we probably wouldn't have had 60 people show up to a party at our house; it was likely based on the venue where we held the party.