Planning a Drive-By Party for Little Miss
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
United States
April 7, 2020 9:03am CST
Little Miss will be turning 5 on April 15th. My original plans for a party have been halted. They guests included her school friends, our family and friends too.
Needless to say, Little Miss is saddened by the knowledge that there will only be the 3 of us having cake and ice cream.
I have seen a lot of ideas as to how to have a celebration while keeping our social distance. So, we are holding a drive-by party on her birthday. I have asked some of my relatives and close friends to drive by our home at 6:00 to wish Little Miss a happy birthday. Told them that gifts are not required. I just want to give this little one a good memory of her 5th birthday. Those that cannot attend are encouraged to do a videochat with her. She loves doing videochat.
Even though this is a difficult time for us all. We need to remember the impact it is having on the children. Trying to keep them busy, happy, and healthy is most important.
Hopefully this party will be a success and she will look back on this as maybe not being such a bad birthday afterall.
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 20
I think it will mean a lot to her to see all those cars driving by just for her! It is probably something she will always remember, since it is a very unique way to celebrate a birthday!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
I am trying go get a few more people on board for it. A few just don't want to come out after having to work all day. I can understand that. Stressful enough having to go out and work when you know it is better to stay home and can't.
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 20
@ElusiveButterfly I hope enough people come out to make it exciting for her! Have you posted on Facebook?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@moffittjc No, I haven't gone that far. I don't want to overwhelm her with a bunch of strangers either. I would rather not have that. I have been personally asking those that know her to drive by.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
7 Apr 20
My SIL came by last weekend and dropped of a small package for her. She stayed in her car, over 6 feet away. Little Miss was delighted to see her. I know that seeing her family members on her birthday will give her a tickle.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@ElusiveButterfly I’m sure she will love her birthday party. It certainly will be different, but fun.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@DianneN I just sent an invite to her teacher. Doubt she will drive over an hour for this though. But, I am hoping she will at least send a video for her.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
7 Apr 20
My sister did a zoom virtual party for her daughter last week for her birthday. We all got to sing happy birthday to her while she blew out her candles it was cool. I keep seeing people doing drive by parties also too that's another good idea. I hope she has a good birthday no matter the circumstances. I can't wait until this is all said and done and everyone can get back to normal.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
7 Apr 20
I hope that it ends soon too. Have to stop watching news reports that keep my anxiety level right up there. Not healthy for us.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@ElusiveButterfly Yeah I hear you there. I do watch whenever our Governor is on though
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@Blondie2222 I watched our governor's press conference a couple of days ago. He seems to think that this will peak this month in our state. I still don't believe that one. Too many people are travelling in and out of state and out of state people are coming back to their summer homes.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
Thank you Judy. I know she will be happy with it.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
We have been doing videochats quite a bit and she enjoys it.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
9 Apr 20
@sol_cee just got a message from my kiddos preschool teacher saying that her WiFi was knocked out so there will be no daily video from her.
@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
9 Apr 20
@ElusiveButterfly good thing you don’t have wifi connection problem.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
7 Apr 20
Honestly, she may not even remember it when she's older. But if she does, I'm sure she'll just be grateful for your hard work of trying to make it great in a hard time.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
She really has a remarkable memory. Thankfully, the bad stuff is something that she doesn't remember.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
Thank you! I hope that we get a few to come out to lift her spirits.
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
7 Apr 20
I think the video call will work 
I hope everything will be ok 
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
@m_audrey6788 love to bring a smile to her face.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
Those that can't be here can at least talk to her and give her a smile.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
9 Apr 20
I hope that we can get a good line of cars filled with faces that she recognizes. Most of all I hope her mother comes too.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
10 Apr 20
@Jessicalynnt there are a couple of people that would probably take part. There is a man that walks daily through the neighborhood. Little Miss called him the walking man. Finally got to ask him his real name. Now he is known as Larry the Walking Man. LOL.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Apr 20
@ElusiveButterfly if you have a way of throwing that out to the community or neighbors, might try that too, people need things to do and might be willing to take a drive with some signs about then
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@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
7 Apr 20
That sounds like a good idea and I'm sure Little Miss will be happy with a drive-by birthday party. A birthday is important to a 5 year old.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
7 Apr 20
She really was looking forward to having a big party. Two of her friends had big parties that she attended and she loved it.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
8 Apr 20
She still really doesn't fully understand, even though we can blame much on the coronavirus.
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