http://www.tjhirst.com/2008/03/22/celebrating-birthdays-on-a-small-scale/ Illuminate Everyday Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.tjhirst.com/2008/03/22/celebrating-birthdays-on-a-small-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Michelle Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:54:32 +0000 http://www.tjhirst.com/2008/03/22/celebrating-birthdays-on-a-small-scale/#comment-102 I appreciated this posting because we have just celebrated two birthdays in our family. I was a little apprehensive when a friend approached me about celebrating our sons birthdays together. They both have March birthdays and have mutual friends from preschool and church. But it sounded simple enough; a lunch pizza party at a local pizzeria that has an indoor playground. The party for two 5 year old boys and three friends turned out to be much more than I expected. We had to have party favors, crafts, and all the extras. I felt obligated to go along because I had already agreed to the party and didn’t want to be the party pooper! And when I arrived at the pizzeria I found out she invited her mom, sister and 2 nieces, each of her 3 daughters invited a friend and she invited a mutual friend of ours along with her 3 children. I, of course, paid half the bill. This will not be the case next year. Even though our sons are best friends, I don’t want to do this again and am glad to see I’m not the only one who feels this way. I miss friends who think in the same direction as I do. I appreciated this posting because we have just celebrated two birthdays in our family. I was a little apprehensive when a friend approached me about celebrating our sons birthdays together. They both have March birthdays and have mutual friends from preschool and church. But it sounded simple enough; a lunch pizza party at a local pizzeria that has an indoor playground. The party for two 5 year old boys and three friends turned out to be much more than I expected. We had to have party favors, crafts, and all the extras. I felt obligated to go along because I had already agreed to the party and didn’t want to be the party pooper! And when I arrived at the pizzeria I found out she invited her mom, sister and 2 nieces, each of her 3 daughters invited a friend and she invited a mutual friend of ours along with her 3 children. I, of course, paid half the bill. This will not be the case next year. Even though our sons are best friends, I don’t want to do this again and am glad to see I’m not the only one who feels this way. I miss friends who think in the same direction as I do.

]]> http://www.tjhirst.com/2008/03/22/celebrating-birthdays-on-a-small-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Rachel Corbett Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:58:59 +0000 http://www.tjhirst.com/2008/03/22/celebrating-birthdays-on-a-small-scale/#comment-100 A fitting post for this week in our family too! Caleb's birthday being on Friday he has been talking about it all year (seriously since Christmas!) and he's been to lots of big friend parties of his classmates. It really is stressful, but luckily he thought the idea of having his best friend sleep over was fantastic, so that's how we're keeping it low-key this year. A fitting post for this week in our family too! Caleb’s birthday being on Friday he has been talking about it all year (seriously since Christmas!) and he’s been to lots of big friend parties of his classmates. It really is stressful, but luckily he thought the idea of having his best friend sleep over was fantastic, so that’s how we’re keeping it low-key this year.

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