Comments on: Anatomy of a birthday party. http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/ Reader. Writer. Thinker. Homeschooler. Insomniac. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: RegularMom http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-132 Tue, 01 May 2007 11:17:35 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-132 Wait…you’re supposed to clean it again after they leave? :)

]]> By: Heather http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-131 Tue, 01 May 2007 05:28:44 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-131 Oh! I’m laughing my ass off reading this. “Just repeat the previous paragraph about 200 times” I almost peed my pants. Well, congratulations to her for turning 4. We just have a little party here for birthdays without extended family, mostly because of the things you described. I hate the idea of cleaning my house just for people to visit and make it a huge mess, then cleaning it again when they leave.

]]> By: RegularMom http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-130 Tue, 01 May 2007 02:56:01 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-130 Well, after one full day of being 4, she’s just not ready to give up that high pitched shrieking thing yet. I asked her about it, and she said, maybe when she’s 72.

Hopefully, you’ll have better luck at your house. :)

]]> By: Robinella http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-128 Tue, 01 May 2007 01:07:38 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-128 Happy Bday yesterday to your little one. I can’t wait for my 3 yo to turn 4. Maybe he’ll loose the hi pitched squeal by then.

]]> By: RegularMom http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-125 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:05:38 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-125 Ami, how totally funny! I would have flipped out…although, we don’t have a dog. Here, it would have been a case of my 6-year-old pretending to be a dog and getting up on the counter to eat the cake.

Weaver – a happy birthday wish to your 5-year-old! We used to have a similar situation with birthdays…everyone lived far away, but now, we live close again, so they all can come out for the big party! Ugh.

Today, there’s leftover cake, but I’m saving it for after dinner. Right now, believe it or not, we’re trying to do school, but in the post-birthday-aftermath, things are moving VERY SLOWLY.

Gotta run…

- RM :)

]]> By: Weaver http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-124 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:50:08 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-124 Happy Birthday, Miss 4!!! :) On Wednesday, we have a 5th b-day celebration here. We’ve never had a birthday party though. We don’t live near the family, so birthday’s for us are just a celebration for the 5 of us. Totally cuts down on the tantrums and gift opening (no one sends anything and we don’t wrap the one thing they get). Of course, it does give us grownups a bit of the blues cause we’re reminded that we don’t have any family around to celebrate with :) Was there any cake left for breakfast today? that is our big tradition, always cake for breakfast the next day.

]]> By: Ami http://regular-mom.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-123 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:06:02 +0000 http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/anatomy-of-a-birthday-party/#comment-123 The cake picture is really a good one. And she’s adorable, too. Happy birthday to her!

My daughter’s 4th birthday, she asked for a Hunchback of Notre Dame cake. I bought the little figurines in a play set, and created a tiered cake. I set it up, ready to ice and went to take a shower. When I came back into the kitchen with my hair wrapped in a towel, I saw our dog standing on her hind legs, just finishing off the rest of the cake.
I had time to bake another. The birthday was a success.
My dog is too old to get up on her back legs now.

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