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leslieW

Aug 7, 08 17:31

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My daughter turned 4 years old today. We are doing a little family thing tonight and then her 'preschool friends' birthday party on Saturday. The party hasn't even happened yet and I'm already exhausted. I don't get it. She's FOUR....I felt the same way when my youngest turned 2 this past February. Those with kids (or even without but with an opinion).....tell me, why the heck does all this party planning wear me out? Am I the only lunatic out there that experiences this? I'm not miserable and am excited for all the festivities, but man alive its exhausting.

give it to me...
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lunchbox

Aug 7, 08 20:44

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My little girl recently turned 5. We tried to keep it easy- cake, friends come to the splash park we reserved for a few hours, kids squeal, cake eaten, kids hosed down. Seemed easy to me, but my wife planned the whole mess ;-)


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kittycat

Aug 8, 08 4:13

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Re: party time = exhausted [wolffpack] [In reply to] Can't Post
even though it's kiddos, it's still alot of planning and coordinating. it's exhausting to do all of that. the cake, the utensils, the drinks, the eats, invitation list, party itinerary.

it's a heck of alot of work, and i find that it's always more than i envisioned whenever i have an event. being perfectionistic doesn't help. (which i am)


TTBooooda

Aug 8, 08 5:06

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My daughter turn 5 last year and we had a little party for her at the house. Party phase 1 - 1pm - 3pm - the 6 other girls from her class. It was fun, but you're right, it was adding exhaustion on top of exhaustion. The crazy thing was, all but 1 of the 5 parents dropped their kid off and left. They didn't know me, they may have met my wife, but hell, here ya go, have fun, see ya in two hours. nuts, call me crazy, but i wouldn't do that. I digress. Party phase 2 - 4pm to whenever it ended, family. But then i can toss back a couple cups of coffee, a few beers, asprin, and feel a little better......

It nuts, we usually are up til all hours of the night, getting ready, decorating cake, rooms etc. I feel your pain, but you'll miss it when it's over. reality sucks.

Good luck!!!

Scott


kittycat

Aug 8, 08 6:07

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Re: party time = exhausted [TTBooooda] [In reply to] Can't Post
i find that some parents are happy to do a hand off like their kid is a sand bag. since i have no kids, i have nothing to add, but i can understand why. that shit is alot of work <enter the standard catchphrase> but worth it.

my long time GF emailed me that she has an infant and believes the proper equation is 3 adults per infant. so far she thinks dogs are better, but loves her sweet pea anyway. LOL. (all in good humor of course, she couldn't wait to have a baby)


slowbern

Aug 8, 08 6:32

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Re: party time = exhausted [TTBooooda] [In reply to] Can't Post
The crazy thing was, all but 1 of the 5 parents dropped their kid off and left. They didn't know me, they may have met my wife, but hell, here ya go, have fun, see ya in two hours. nuts, call me crazy, but i wouldn't do that. I digress.

Get used to it.

It nuts, we usually are up til all hours of the night, getting ready, decorating cake, rooms etc.

After you do it a few times, you realize that as "canned" as it feels, Chuck-E-Cheese actually is a pretty great place to have a birthday party. We have actually taken the kids to Canton for Laser Tag parties for their birthdays. A couple of loaded vans and off we went.

I feel your pain, but you'll miss it when it's over. reality sucks.

I'll be the bugger. My kids are a bit older and I'll tell you that I don't miss kid birthday parties one bit. I cringe now anytime we have to go to a family one. I always volunteer to do the dishes just to get away from the noise.

Parties aside though, our house has been the official gathering house for many of my kids' friends. So there is always an atmosphere of chaos around here. I don't know why the parties bug me so much.

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walnutcreek tri

Aug 8, 08 6:48

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Re: party time = exhausted [wolffpack] [In reply to] Can't Post
Two things have caught on in our area that we've embraced:

1) A b-day party every other year. The off year is a dinner and movie with a couple of friends.

2) Kids don't bring presents for the b-day kid. They spend $20 for a gift and those gifts get handed out as parting gifts as the kids leave. Every kid gets a surprise gift.


Don't fool yourself, those big parties are for the parents to either show off or fulfill their own childhood fantasies. Teach your kids to appreciate special times in their lives with others, not with stuff.


Katy

Aug 8, 08 9:16

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Yes, it's a lot of work. But I don't do it anymore. Since we moved to CA and snackie spends summers in Hawaii I actually miss her birthday (it's tomorrow). My ex-boyfriend (her godfather) and my mom handle the party. They have a pool party/bbq with most of the guests being family members, she has tons of cousins. Most of the b0day parties we've been to here in CA are huge/expensive events at places where you pay them to do all the work. One cool one was at Color Me Mine and the girls got to paint some ceramic thing they picked out and a couple of days later the Mom brought the finished products for them to keep.

I agree that it is weird to just drop off your kid and leave, but it seems to be the norm.
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trackie clm

Aug 8, 08 10:37

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I'm sure she will want to go to Mona's for her bd when she returns. Then maybe a trip to the special store up the street.

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