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Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me: Dropping the Ball
Life is a juggling act for most moms. With work, school, vacation, and travel schedules, one of the balls is bound to drop every so often. Usually, when it does the consequence is minor – a missed appointment here, a skipped sports practice there.
Mommy Dearest: How Do I Handle Special Needs at My Party?
Mommy Dearest –
I am planning a gym party for my son's upcoming fifth birthday and am having an internal dilemma about whether or not to invite one particular child. The child in question has special needs that often involve her not listening well to instructions. At our party last year, the child did not listen to the teacher's directions and ended up interfering with the other children's art projects.
Reader Tips: Birthday Party Dos and Don'ts
Though they occur just once every 365 days, birthday parties can be the most thrilling, magical, exhausting, and stress-inducing events of the year — for parents and tots. Readers had some strong opinions on our birthday party dos and don'ts guide, so I asked you to share your tips for a perfect party. Here are some of your spectacular fiesta suggestions:
- Don't plan an activity that is going to send the kids home dirtier than they arrived.
Are Party Favors Necessary?
At the end of every birthday party, there comes that moment where the invited guests start looking toward the door. Before saying thank-you and filing out, they pause, knowing that there is one last party ritual to go through before heading home – the goody bag.
Party favors are supposed to serve as a token of thanks for attending a tot's celebration.
What's Your Birthday Party Do and Don't?
Celebrate good times, come on! Readers had some strong opinions on our birthday party dos and don'ts post, so it's time for you to give your advice. When planning pint-sized festivities for your children — what's your do and what's your don't?
Birthday Party Book Keepsake
Books with inscriptions make for wonderful gifts, but LilSugar reader schnappycat had an even more inventive idea when it comes to incorporating children's texts in celebrations and building her son's library. Here's what she said: We do something similar for my son's birthdays. We choose a book that matches the theme of his party and ask the guests to write a greeting inside.
The Dos and Don'ts of Birthday Parties
If mommy's wish is to have a worry free birthday party for her tot and guests to enjoy, there are a few easy dos and don'ts that will help her along the way. Make stains a nonissue, memories a sure thing, and meltdowns minimal. Check out our tips and let us know what you would add to the list.
What Would You Do?: Stranger "Chewed Out" My Child?
What happens when a parent acts like a child? We were at a private jumpy house party when my son came running over to me in hysterics— choking on his words and pointing in the direction of the blow-up slide he had been on. Before I could calm him down to figure out what happened, the grandfather of another partygoer came over to tell me that he had "chewed out" my 3-year-old because he had pushed the man's granddaughter on the bouncy stairs.
Birthday Party and Uninvited Guests: What Would You Do?
Can a mom and her kids have their cake and eat it too? My daughter gets invited to a lot of school birthday parties and many require that parents accompany the children. Most celebrations are on Saturdays when my husband works so I've got all three of my kids in tow.
Kiddie Soiree: Regal Cake Molds For a Princess
Now that the theme has been set and the invitations have been sent out, it's time to start stocking up on the necessary items for my 3-year-old princess's royal affair. First on the list is a regal style cake pan. In the past I've ordered the dessert from our grocer but this year I'm thinking of making it so she can help me with the decoration.
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