One of the things about having small children is that there are suddenly many many more birthday parties to go to. Many more. And mostly, while some sort of parental attendance is desirable, it is not desirable for the parents:-)
Today was different: a party for the grandson of friends of ours who moved away a few years ago: he was turning seven, and for various reasons they decided to have the party at a (rather large) cabin at a local lake: a lovely event: there were six children, ages ranging from two to ten or so, and they all played beautifully, running round the cabin, through the woods, going fishing, etc. And the grownups, ranging in age from low twenties to mid eighties got chances to catch up on old town gossip, on how people were doing, etc (yes, in that order).
All in all, it was a day which had shown potential to be just okay, ho-hum, and it turned out to be absolutely delightful.
Yours, always pleased when things turn out that way,
N.
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A couple of times, my kids requested a family/friend party instead of the regular kid b-day party....don't know why, but it was really nice. 5 families, kids of all ages, dogs included. Road hockey for everyone, potluck and good music.
I do remember when they were wee and there was an expectation that parents had to stick it out too. Drove me crazy! On my end, I shoooshed the parents out of the house and told them to go enjoy themselves for a couple of hours because I expected the same thing when it was there turn. :)
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