honestly, I think Katie Holmes should NOT get mother of the year for doing this ridiculous party! Give me a break!!! All kids want is a fun day with their friends and a nice cake to eat, some ice cream, and party games. And maybe a few gifts. When my daughter got older...15...we started asking her what kind of party she wanted and usually it meant the local ice cream shoppe(a very old fashioned type place) or a nice dinner at a fondue restaurant. The most I ever spent on a bday celebration for either of my kids was $400 and that included a character coming, all the favors, pizza, and cake.

That's plain crazy! $10,000 on a bday party for anybody is crazy!

Hell no, not even if I had the money. Kids could care less about how much money is spent. Plus, it sets up a habit where the kid grows up expecting this year to be better than the last. Ingratitude is bred. Sounds like it's Katie's party more than it is Suri's.

exactly, designrchic!

Oh haaaaaaaaaail NO.

I agree with all the comments so far.
This kind of spending is ridiculously extravagant and sends a terrible message to children. Although to the Cruise/Holmes types maybe $10K is the same as $100 to me.
Ugh.

No way...10K? Even if I had all the millions in the world. That's just obnoxious.

My favorite part of my children's birthdays is letting them decorate their own cake the night before. They are so proud when I cut and serve it. I wouldn't trade it for this fancy one.

I think someone hit the nail on the head when they said that 10k may be their $100. When you have millions, $10k doesn't seem that big. Prices just don't matter when you can afford everything. I'm sure in their minds they are just getting things they like/taste good. Where as in my mind, I'm going, "What's wrong with WinnDixie's cakes??" ; )

$10,000 to Katie Holmes is like $10 to the rest of us. I mean, Suri wears Louboutins so how could she then go and get her just a regular $100 cake? It's really obvious to me that Katie is enjoying the financial advantages of her marriage to Cruise. I have no respect for her.

Graylen, I partly agree with you, but I think that when someone who had a normal upbringing (like Katie Holmes) tosses all that out the window the moment they come across $$$ says a lot. To me it says she has no appreciation for the way she was raised, she wants to raise her child in a completely different manner, surrounded by luxury. What was so wrong with her upbringing that she doesn't want to raise Suri the same way?

i wouldn't, but in the circles my kids run in pin the tail on the donkey wouldn't cut it AT ALL. last weekend my 7 year old went to the birthday party of a classmate. 2 jump houses (one princess castle forget the other one), clowns, cotton candy machine, slurpy machine, several carnival type games and a magic show. there were about 25 kids there. the party was on the tennis courts (yes that's plural) in the birthday girls backyard. this was not the fanciest party my kids have been too. when you have the money you spend it.

That is insane! I can't imagine spending that much money for a little kids party. Like they care! It is all for the parents and for them showing off and I think it does set a bad example for the kids.

As I'd said on another baby site, I feel like Kate/Katie Holmes is trying so hard to show off her wealth, that everything she buys or organises must be opulent, extravagant and over the top. That is the way she has chosen to show off. She doesnt seem to understand that many times, the simplest and cheapest things in life are the best. Wonder what kind of lifestyle she led before marrying into Scientology

10,000 on a party ? No it wouldn't be something that I would do.I can't think of a more useless way to waste money. I 'd rather put it in an account for my daughter's future which is a forever thing than 4 hours of a very expensive, showy birthday celebration .Kids at Suri's age can't tell the difference between fondant on a 5,000 dollar birthday cake or buttercream on a $45 cake.That's way over the top IMO....

$10,000?? i don't think i've spent that much on all my birthday parties put together- all 25 of them.

That's ridiculous. IF I were extremely wealthy, I might CONSIDER it for a 16th or perhaps an 18th birthday, but no way in HELL would I do it for a toddler!

I have put both of my kids birthday parties together for less than 50 bucks when they were little. It's not hard, it just takes imagination. I guess when you have money, imagination isn't important.

Ummm...no. I think the most I've ever spent on a bday party for my son was $100 altogether. That included the cake (Safeway) tablecloth and paper plates, pizza and drinks from Chuck E Cheese's and a couple of invitations. We even made our own decorations for his cake this year. And my son had a blast. That's disgusting that anyone would pay that much for ANY type of cake...wow.

I wouldn't do it, but I don't condemn anyone else for doing it. it's their money, they can do with it what they want. It's all about choices and that's what we teach our children.

Wow, this is just so offensive to me. There are so many more worthwhile things people could be spending money on than a $5,000 cake for a 2-year-old! The fact that there is a company devoted to these things is just silly.

No I wouldn't

Why not? It's honestly me as the mother that's going to get rewarded for it, rather than the 2 year-old child.

Wow, that's almost as much as my parents spent on my WEDDING!

Money may not mean much to stars who have millions, but I definitely agree that in those cases it ends up being a competition between the moms with little or no regard for what the kids want to do.