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Post by 950nancy on Jun 11, 2016 16:25:19 GMT
As a teacher, I would have LOVED my kids getting invited to a party so that I had time to clean up my classroom. They went to school with me every day and that would have been a gift.
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Post by paigepea on Jun 11, 2016 17:03:57 GMT
I get it, but my older dd always has a b-day party on the last day of school. It's the same girl every year and while I do want to veg with dd there will be other time to do it throughout the summer. I know the mom appreciates that the girls come to celebrate her dd'a b-day.
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Post by gar on Jun 11, 2016 17:09:19 GMT
Still.... looking forward to the day the kids are big enough to buy presents and get to the party by themselves In your dreams! If they can get there by themselves they don't give the sort of present you're thinking about  |
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Post by just PEAchy on Jun 11, 2016 18:38:54 GMT
My son's birthday is May 31 and his parties are always the last week of school. I know it's probably hard for some people, but he's always had a good turnout.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Jun 11, 2016 19:18:19 GMT
My oldest DD's birthday is June 3rd. We threw a party the day after school ended in First grade. No one came. She never wanted another birthday party after that.  L This is what happened to my son, same age! His b-day is May 30. We invited several friends - 2 had ball tournaments, some I didn't hear from. Only 2 showed. One that I didn't hear from pissed me off the most for various reasons. So he hasn't wanted a party since. |
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Post by beanbuddymom on Jun 11, 2016 20:45:48 GMT
DD birthday falls on the last day of school most of the time so when she was younger we would pick the weekend before or after but it was tough with graduations and baseball / softball often interfering in that, the last few years as a teen we have done the last day of school/birthday combo celebration by bringing her friends to the beach with a sleepover and called it good. Lots of parents do last day of school parties around here as well and most parents are thrilled to hand off their child to the person willing to host it -
I'd say call it a blessing you don't have to do anything for last day of school - I mean that's one less milkshake to buy and one less child to entertain. I'd call that a win win.
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Post by melanell on Jun 12, 2016 0:49:03 GMT
Sorry, but it sounds like a good idea for kids with summer birthdays to me. It's always hard for them to find their friends all home and available during vacation. I do understand about the "end-of-the-year-craziness", though. I experienced it as a student myself, then when my oldest started school, and it was worse this year with both boys in regular school non preschool). At least this way it's one more thing to get out of the way before summer break.  Hang in there! |
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Post by scraptag on Jun 12, 2016 1:32:01 GMT
I did. Signed A kid with a birthday that fell on the last week of school every year. me too. |
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Post by librarylady on Jun 12, 2016 2:31:58 GMT
My oldest DD's birthday is June 3rd. We threw a party the day after school ended in First grade. No one came. She never wanted another birthday party after that. L That is just so very sad. I hope you gave her at least one party when she was young--and that people came. |
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Post by librarylady on Jun 12, 2016 2:37:52 GMT
My son's bday is June 23rd.
School ends by the first week of June in Texas. By the time his birthday came around, kids were willing to break the cycle of summer days without seeing their friends. I rather enjoyed a summer birthday. The parties were pool parties, or outdoor parties.
I didn't feel obligated to invite everyone in his class, we could easily limit it to those children who were his friends.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2016 2:58:43 GMT
My oldest DD's birthday is June 3rd. We threw a party the day after school ended in First grade. No one came. She never wanted another birthday party after that. L This is what happened to my son, same age! His b-day is May 30. We invited several friends - 2 had ball tournaments, some I didn't hear from. Only 2 showed. One that I didn't hear from pissed me off the most for various reasons. So he hasn't wanted a party since. Heartbreaking, isn't it? My DD just turned 32 and that memory still pains me. So sorry it happened to your son, too. L |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2016 3:03:05 GMT
My oldest DD's birthday is June 3rd. We threw a party the day after school ended in First grade. No one came. She never wanted another birthday party after that. L That is just so very sad. I hope you gave her at least one party when she was young--and that people came. After that, she never wanted to attempt another party ever again. Sure, we had family parties, but never another 'friend' party. She's now 32 and still prefers to keep her birthdays low-key. L |
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Post by fotos4u2 on Jun 13, 2016 23:48:38 GMT
My daughter, born June 9th. Let me just say that nobody comes to a birthday party in that weekend before or after because everybody is done with school. I used to invite 4o to 60 kids just to get 5 to show up. Usually single mom kids who needed a free babysitter for the afternoon. Another with a June 9th daughter! We've had many a last day of school/birthday party for her. Thankfully she has a large group of friends that always come (and even way back when parents were required to stay we rarely had issues with people coming, of course we usually invited the entire class plus any other outside of school friends). It's a great kick off for the summer. And for those who want to say why not have it on the weekend before/after...we've always had issues with it interfering with graduation parties (not to mention that as a soccer player she's usually out of town a ton most weekends during the summer). Interestingly my June 9th kid is having her birthday party in the backyard right now. WE were too busy to have it last week so she decided to host a last minute party (as in she decided on Friday to have a party today). About 15 kids showed up so far! As an early January birthday though I always struggled having friends show up to parties because we were almost always still on Winter Break. There was one year that I invited the entire class at school and only two kids showed up--who I later learned went back to school and made fun of me to the other kids who didn't come. Because of that I'm kind of sensitive to making my kids go to parties they are invited to unless they have a REALLY good reason not to go. |
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