birthday parties
Dec. 7th, 2013 02:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cahnE's preschool cohort is turning 4 (and so will she, soon). She is at the first of the 4-year birthday parties right now.
...4 years is apparently when you can start dropping off the kid, at least for parties (like this one) that are held in a location that is basically set up for doing kids' parties and takes care of all the details for you and provides responsible adults to watch the kids.
I suddenly have two hours in my day (well, okay, more like 1 1/4 hours, I'll probably go back on the early side) I wasn't planning to have. Two hours without kid, which never happens. I feel sort of lost! In a really awesome way.
It also makes me think: would it be wrong to spend more than three times as much as I was planning to spend for E's birthday, for the promise of not having to actually do anything except show up for it? It's awfully tempting. The more so because the people we go to preschool with are the ones who tend to do this. Hm.
E has said she wants "balloons and bubbles" for her birthday, though, so we might just go for that. The problem is that I'm no good at DIY parties, being both uncreative and lazy, which is a bad combination. Her friend had a "bubbles" party when she turned three, and her parents were much more creative about it (and worked harder at it) than I think I could possibly be. On the other hand, there's something to be said for having DIY parties for her when she's too young to know how crap I am at it...
...4 years is apparently when you can start dropping off the kid, at least for parties (like this one) that are held in a location that is basically set up for doing kids' parties and takes care of all the details for you and provides responsible adults to watch the kids.
I suddenly have two hours in my day (well, okay, more like 1 1/4 hours, I'll probably go back on the early side) I wasn't planning to have. Two hours without kid, which never happens. I feel sort of lost! In a really awesome way.
It also makes me think: would it be wrong to spend more than three times as much as I was planning to spend for E's birthday, for the promise of not having to actually do anything except show up for it? It's awfully tempting. The more so because the people we go to preschool with are the ones who tend to do this. Hm.
E has said she wants "balloons and bubbles" for her birthday, though, so we might just go for that. The problem is that I'm no good at DIY parties, being both uncreative and lazy, which is a bad combination. Her friend had a "bubbles" party when she turned three, and her parents were much more creative about it (and worked harder at it) than I think I could possibly be. On the other hand, there's something to be said for having DIY parties for her when she's too young to know how crap I am at it...
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Date: 2013-12-07 11:25 pm (UTC)I think we might be outgrowing the party games at home kind of birthday now the youngest is 6. I am relieved and would rather have 3 close friends to stay the night or hire the local pool (as long as the kids can all swim). The worst ones were the toddler climbing ball pits of doom where you were expected to stay and keep an eye on your kid amid the hordes and chat to other parents you didn't know at the same time.
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Date: 2013-12-12 06:16 pm (UTC)The nice thing about this party was that it was the four-year-old climbing equipment of doom where they provided people to keep an eye on your kid! Yay! I think it's either that or face painter at school, which is what another parent did, which sounds perhaps a bit more manageable. I feel a bit as if these parents are raising the bar kinda high :)
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Date: 2013-12-13 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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