My grandson`s birthday

hi marguicha! that is very good way to celebrate a birthday in an affordable way. birthday parties need not be expensive in my opinion. anyway, that was good thinking on your daughter's part. she gets to celebrate her son's birthday and at the same time gets her daughter involved in organizing the party. for my daughter's birthday parties, it is usually spent at a restaurant or at her school. after that we then have a smaller party and get-together at home with family and friends. cheers and happy mylotting!!!

According to my boys, we always did the birthday thing at home. A few years ago, when I "woke up", my kids, my other half and our employees decided to give me a birthday party. I hadn't had one since I was five. I got a pretty dress, we went to chuckee cheese pizza where they have all kinds of games and this big crawl tube maze that runs all over the ceiling. We all went up in there and were chasing each other around, I had cake with candles, and everyone brought me presents, and they all gave me their game tickets so I also got a clock and a big beach ball. It was the best birthday ever, even though I was still really scared to be outside and around people. Now that I can't go out anymore, I think about my best birthday ever a lot, actually. My boys get presents from me every year, and they always call on my birthday, but they have lives of their own these days so I usually don't get to see them. I have pretty much cancelled my birthday due to lack of interest LOL. It must be great to have grandkids-- I haven't any, but then again I'm still not used to having kids! It sounds like your daughter played it smart.

That is brilliant. She gets to help her sister without making it look like a hand out.Aunt and boyfriend/uncle get to have fun with the kids and Mom gets a night off! Brilliant! I have no kids but I do remember the one time I didn't miss my mom is when I was with my friends. I would assume that I would ask my child what he/she wanted and then try to make it happen.

hi marguicha my son is 53 and we have not had a birthdday party for years bu t I always get him something on his birthday l ol,.I have given to taking my self out to eat on m y birthday as no one ever recognizes it but m self. lol

It's been 15 years since my sister was 9 years old. Our family just bought snacks, cake, birthday presents to give to all of the kids that came to the party, and a clown that would do some magics like: stabbing a balloon in a way it don't explode and etc... Some funny games, competitions like puffing a cotton as fast as one can, competing against someone else... Those were good times. I sometimes went to birthdays myself when I was young. I liked the snacks, the cake and the presents that were given to everyone who came. Until the whole kissing girls thing started...I was so shy and I just stopped going to birthday parties until the age of 15.

Hi marguicha, thanks for sharing, that is a nice story and I am sure your grandson and his friends will have a great time.. My grandson (13) just had a birthday in August and he had his mind set on this peticular skateboard...now he already has his mind on this skateboard..so he came to NANA... Well we ordered in on the computer,,with all the parts is was $86.00 because he wanted to assemble it his self so he also need to order the tools for that...everything but the trucks which are the wheels,,,now he needed an additional $50.00 for the wheels, and of course I bought those also... He is a good kid so I really didn't mind...But I also told him not asked for anything else until Chrismas...LOL

Happy birthday to your grandson. I think its awesome that Carolina will earn money for planning the party and taking care of all the details since your grandsons mother doesnt want to do it haha. Lots of people are like that thats why there are party planners who are able to make a living because they do what some people dont want to take the time to do. A party where kids play soccer sounds so fun my parents did that with me and my friends one year when I was about 8 or 9. This year for my sons birthday which is two saturdays from now is going to be at a local bowling alley.

I hope they all have a 'big ol' time'.We went out to eat this year for my grandson's birthday then on sat. his parents took him & 3 of his friends to a water park a couple of hours from here. They had a very good time.

This is such a good idea and it is a win win situation. It sometimes seems as if the parties are put on to impress the parent of the children invited and this, in my opinion is so ridiculous. Your daughter sounds to be quite a an innoivative lady and I hope that all invited - especially your grandson- will enjoy the party. football all day? What more could they want?

hi marguicha As long as we celebrated my nephews birthday at home I was the official decorator and brother would help me decorate. But since last two birthdays, we are using the services from a nearby hotel as his number of friends increased and the space in the house fell short Now, I look at the invitation cards and the bye bye gifts (I dont know what these are called but these are the returning gifts for the invites - normally a pack of chocolates or we even had a set of pens and pencils last time).

No matter how simple a birthday party is for a child, still it is something big for them. I usually hold my kids' birthday party at home, too so that they can play with their friends longer. But usually, on their 1st and 7th birthday, we make it extra special by celebrating it in a restaurant.

hi, actually i still don't have a child but i have a three niece and one nephew and i always have a participation during there birthdays,it because i am a working person i have that such money to buy what they want to have in there birthday,actually we prepared birthday just for the family members.

its a special feeling to have grandson birthday and surprising him with wishes and cool range of gifts,he seem to be a nice child and you must be proud of child

Wow lucky you having so much of fun. Well the daughter is smart yes. anyway. you enjo to the max. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.

hope you had a good time, spending time with grandchildren is really special for everyone, hope your grandchild enjoyed his party .