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Tis the season for the “big dance” also known as Prom! From now until mid-June the sight of a limo in the neighborhood or teen girls all dressed to the nines, will be a fairly common sight. Luckily Prom is a few years off for my kids, […]
On Sunday we hosted my daughter’s 9th birthday party for her friends. The theme was make your own pizza and sundaes. While a birthday party on a budget was not the original plan, the whole thing ended up being pretty inexpensive AND fun. Luckily the weather was perfect and we had the entire party […]
Today one of my daughters turns 9 - which puts her right SMACK in the middle of the tween demographic. So what does a 9 year old girl get for her birthday?
Schwinn 400E electric scooter
Hannah Montana DS game
American Girl Doll Rhythmic Gymnastics outfit
American Girl Kit’s Party Treats (for her collection)
Webkinz Black Lab
Justice - Just for […]
We had a family birthday party today and I had offered to make an ice cream cake. When I started looking at recipes and seeing what was involved, I realized I didn’t have enough time - I had to come up with Plan B. Then it hit me!
I took a cookie sheet and covered […]
The politics of kids birthday parties can be so tricky! My daughter will be 9 soon and we are trying to decide what to do for her party. In the meantime, Little Miss Social has been invited to two different birthday parties at the same time this weekend. Both girls are pretty good friends. The […]
We have made it past the first half of the year which means it’s birthday party time here! I have a child with a July birthday, a September birthday, and a December birthday. When my son was little, he wanted a Thomas the Tank Engine cake and party. My daughter wanted Dora and my other […]
At the 5th grade picnic yesterday I witnessed 65 kids ages 10-12 working as a team, laughing, and getting totally soaked with water in the process. They had four game stations set up and they were too much fun for me not to share!
Pass the Sponge
Fill up one large bucket with water and place an […]
Yesterday my daughter was a guest at her friend’s 10th birthday - let’s call her Annie. Annie and her Mom decided to have a French Dinner Party as her theme.
The invitations were cute - they were simple postcards made on the computer with the Paris skyline and all the party details. The invitations requested that […]
Next time you are looking for some really unique birthday cake ideas for your kids, like a cool Nascar cake, Curious George Luau or just the perfect chocolate cake, check out Cake Space - her cakes are just gorgeous!
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One of my closest friends has two tweens who both have birthdays in the next month. We were talking about what she should do for them this year - a simple sleepover party with just a few kids or something out side of the home. Since this is Thursday, I am sharing our tween […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
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