Birthdays. Let’s talk about birthdays.
When I was a kid I had homemade birthday parties. By that I mean I had some friends over, we played, there may or may not have been organized games (likely not), and my mom made my cake. It was great fun! My birthday parties weren’t over-the-top or themed. There was a generic “Happy Birthday” banner in our kitchen or dining room, some streamers, and a chocolate frosted cake with generic candles. I didn’t have giant bunches of balloons, or themed mobiles hanging from chandeliers.
Just me, some friends and a cake. And it was awesome.
Nowadays birthday parties are a much bigger affair. They are expensive, big and always bigger and better than last year’s.
In fact, my best friend recently threw a huge party for her son and it was such an amazing day, I do not know if I could possibly complete! There were easily over 100 guests there.
To be honest, she is a professional party planner so she does having something of an advantage! She told me that when she lived in England she was in charge of organizing birthday parties for some of the biggest celebrities.
She was responsible for organizing everything from the entertainment, to the catering, to the portable toilets! Apparently, if ever you need a company that specializes in portaloo hire london is home to some fantastic portable toilet hire companies. I can only imagine how amazing her job must be.
Anyway, my son’s birthday is coming up and I don’t know what to do. Do I invite his entire class at school? Do I invite just a few friends? What about his friends from our playgroup? Can we invite friends from both? Do we have to have it at a bounce facility or an ice cream shop? Can I make his cake? Does his party need to be themed?
I find it so overwhelming that I even have to fully consider any of those questions at all when planning my boy’s party. He will be turning 4. Since when is 4 a life-or-death, make-it-or-break-it, end-all-be-all age for a birthday party?! It makes me dizzy just thinking about it.
I know whichever route we choose for his birthday party, he won’t care and it certainly won’t make a difference in the grand scheme of things in his life. He just wants to have fun. I just want him to have fun.
And fun we shall have! Regardless of any bounce houses, or Pinterest perfect cakes!
Happy (very early) birthday, Boo. xo
