November has been a spate of birthdays! My calendar for this month is full of the kids' social engagements!! This week was the worst with 5 birthdays!
It was all heralded by Shriya's own which was thankfully a straight forward picnic party for her 4th! A few of her close buddies, homemade snacks+store bought pizza, books for return favors and endless fun at the botanical gardens. They had a blast- feeding the birds and fish, playing tag, blowing bubbles.
Now, don't get me wrong...we love birthday parties....the whole joy of choosing the right present to enjoying the fun games and food! The kids have a whale of a time!
There are parties thrown by school friends, kids of our friends, friends of our friends, building friends ( and we've moved thrice but still have a warm spot for our old buddies)!!When they were younger it was an average of 2 birthdays a month which was just nice. And then of course, there were the dry months when there were none and we had more time for picnics and parks. Now, there are just too many that we have to carefully plan the logistics.My husband and I actually take turns to ferry the kids and back just so we have time for OUR stuff.
And then there are the trips to the toy stores and choices to make. Toys R Us Vs ELC (Early Learning Centre) , Fun toy Vs Learning Toy, Toy Vs Book, Book Vs Clothes!!
And the parties are no longer as simple as they were too. The kids have been to parties held at soccer fields, indoor play gyms and outdoor science labs! They come back super exhausted, irritable, sweaty and too tired for anything else.
Too much of anything is never good and birthday fun it has been...a little too much! Soooo wish that we could space them all out throughout the year and savour each at leisure!
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