[quote=UCGal]
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 like this idea, UCGal. Bet it makes it a more special occasion for the birthday kid, too. That’s the way it was for most of my friends when I was a kid.
Of course, these days we parents have party-planning assistance courtesy of MTV’s “My Super-Sweet Sixteen”. Gawd! It makes me long for the days of good taste and refinement with Robin Leach and “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” – relatively speaking, of course.
