{"id":11083,"date":"2010-10-19T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=11083"},"modified":"2010-10-19T12:17:51","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T19:17:51","slug":"the-lindsay-lohan-of-birthday-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/19\/the-lindsay-lohan-of-birthday-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lindsay Lohan of Birthday Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Momservation: <\/strong>Nothing says one year-old birthday party like a kid in a high chair with cake all over his head and party guests busy getting a diaper change.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll admit, I came out of the gates too strong.<\/p>\n

Huge guest lists, photo invitation taken month in advance, adorable theme detailed down to unique party favors, fancy snacks, meals and cakes, elaborate crafts and games,<\/p>\n

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Logan on the Big Giant Slide at his 3rd birthday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

plus a gigantic inflatable slide\/bounce house combo that towered over my house every year. All documented with a gazillion pictures and overly-long home movie that missed all the funny parts.<\/p>\n

I should\u2019ve had a clue that it was all a bit much when the party time was dictated by a nap schedule.<\/p>\n

The second indicator that Mommy may be going a bit too far in the birthday party category was when my four year\u2013old refused to believe it was her actual birthday.<\/p>\n

Said Whitney upon inspection of a vacant lawn, \u201cIt\u2019s not your birthday until there\u2019s a big, giant slide in the backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Proof that it is Whitney's birthday - the joy of the Big Giant Slide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

I began fading on the backstretch.<\/p>\n

I still did photo birthday invitations, but they were hand distributed because I\u2019d waited too long to mail them. I steered the kids to party places like Pump It Up <\/a>and Sky High <\/a>where they could still jump and slide their guts out, but all I had to do was show up with a cake and some party favors I picked up at the Dollar Tree<\/a>. No mess to clean up and they supplied the band-aids for the slide burns. Snapped a few pictures, but forgot the video camera.<\/p>\n

Now, when nobody\u2019s looking, I walk.<\/p>\n

The last few years my kids have just wanted a best friend or two to spend the night to celebrate their birthdays. I almost forget to plan for them they\u2019re so stinking simple:<\/p>\n

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Photo birthday invitation from Whitney's Dora the Explorer party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Photo invitation for Logan’s Monster Truck birthday party<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Phone call invitation. Let the kids make their own cake. Order a pizza. Rent a movie. Tell them to be quiet already and go to bed before midnight. Pancakes for breakfast. Give them something out of the birthday girl or boy\u2019s room as a party favor and to help clean-up. Photo thank you card made from the picture I almost forgot to take.<\/p>\n

My son\u2019s birthday is this Sunday. Logan\u2019s turning 11. All he wants to do is go dirt bike riding with his best friend. At some point. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

If he wasn\u2019t already my son, I\u2019d love that kid.<\/p>\n

No one has to point out to me the irony of the memorable birthday parties I threw before my kids could retain the memory. Now that they\u2019re at an age where they can forever remember an over-the-top birthday and appreciation for all my effort on their behalf, unfortunately, the novelty has worn off and Mommy\u2019s tired. I peaked too soon.<\/p>\n

I am the Lindsay Lohan <\/a>of birthday parties. Without the rehab. Although, I do have a nasty cake batter habit I really should quit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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