Last year.Someone suggested that we NOT have Miss B's Birthday Party this year. And If I am honest (which I really try to be) this sounded like a wonderful idea. No invitations, no birthday cake (or a really small one), no ton's of family members, No cleaning the house to visitor "perfection." But yet I worry...
"will Miss B blame Peanut?" I decided no...but we will have to have a party next year because peanut will have a one year birthday party.
"will Miss B hate having a December birthday if she doesn't?" Well I don't want Bronte to think that she should get lots of gifts...she doesn't need all the stuff...and is about to "get" to learn about giving stuff to others...she has so much stuff half of the time she ignores most of the stuff, the other half of the time she is walking, dropping, throwing her stuff, I take these as signs she has too much. When I start treating my clothes this way I get rid of some.
So I have decided not to have a party for Miss B this year. And also I want her to know the "reason for the season" and that isn't receiving Stuff and it isn't all for her birthday...just in case you didn't know.
We are requesting BOOKS (I have a small list) and ankle length DRESSES or Jumpers, (size 3 long or 4) if you want to get her something...She also has requested some other things which I will share if you Really want to get her something else (this is a very small list of things she can live with out easy). We are grateful for all of the gifts she has received, she just out grows things sooo fast.
2 comments:
Mommy, in my humble opinion, Bronte will not realize the absence of a birthday party, so she will not put it to Peanut's account. You really worry too much, you know. I had so many chidrens that they were lucky to get a party every now and then. About her "too much stuff"...try putting large bunches of it away, and then later trade the bunches. That way she will always have a fresh bunch of things and won't be tired of them all at the same time. I might add, there will be substantially less to step over and less to pick up. She might get in the groove about picking them up for you.
I agree, she probably doesn't even realize that a birthday party is an annual thing. Just don't mention it. Or, have cake or whatever as a dessert that night, and talk about her birthday, but don't make a big deal of it. She's not expecting a party. Don't fret!
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