[quote=UCGal]Don’t get me wrong – we’ve gone to pump it up as guests, and hosted at pump it up. I fully understand the allure. My kids have December birthdays – that month is crazy enough and it’s not conducive to outdoor parties.

But to do that every year – if you have multiple kids… that gets pretty pricey pretty darn quick.

I remember parties at Farrell’s. They’d order a “zoo” for the whole party.

The balance we found is that we do “big” parties on the birthdays divisible by 5. We always have a family birthday party separate. Since my oldest is turning 10 this year I better figure out where I’m going to have it.[/quote]

I’m hoping the novelty of this wears off in 2-3 years. No, I don’t plan on doing this every year.

I miss Farell’s..The last one in MM closed..Was pretty disappointing.