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Originally Posted by sarah4554
Thanks everyone for all the great advice. I actually took it one step further and just asked my son how he felt sharing his party with his other friend. He started jumping up and down and was so happy that everyone would sing happy birthday to him and his friend. He loved the idea and it saves me money I guess it is a win, win situation.
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Yeah, that's how all the five year olds I've known would have seen it, that it was extra super duper special to have a DOUBLE birthday party with a friend, wow, how kewl, yadda/yadda.
Around here the birthdays get more & more elaborate with age, with teens having dinners & going to movies or to "The Theatre," LOL.
I can really understand, though, why kids would really remember one of those "Olde Fashioned" birthdays with a big pin-the-tail on the donkey outside and running through the sprinklers, with peanut butter & jelly sammmmwiches and one pickle slice,
before the 78-cent cake mix on sale and free-via-rebate frosting.
I think they'd really enjoy that, because it's pretty uncommon for any parents to have the TIME to do that kind of "do-nothing" party, it's pretty TIME and energy intensive for most 2-income households, anyway.