Combination Birthday Parties???

Casey - posted on 02/21/2013

Im our house we have 2 boys birthdays in Aug, one in october, and mine and my boyfriends are in September. The boys are 2 weeks apart. So they will both be 6 in August. (one mine, one my boyfriends boy). We do the boys birthdays together. We just find a weekend in the middle and have their birthday bash. We also have cake and ice cream and give them each a little something on their day. I plan on doing it that way until they tell me they want it done differently. Our October birthday is the only one so that is not a worry. My boyfriend and I always just pick a weekend in between and go out to dinner alone for out birthdays.
Wow that was kind of a rant. Anyways what I was trying to get at is that as long as the kids have their own small thing of their day, and everyone is ok with doing it that way. I dont see a problem with it at all.

Evelyn - posted on 11/18/2012

If you have a bigger party for them with family, friends and other people, then yes a combo party should do it. As you said you would do something smaller for them at home with them as the highlighted person of the birthday. It would make things a lot easier.

Jennie - posted on 02/28/2011

i know what you mean i have 6 kids dates of births 25th sep, 28th sep, 2 oct, 3 nov, (hubbys along with 6 immediant family members in dec) 2nd april and 25th june.
we have one big party for the 4 kids before xmas and two smaller partys for the two after. this year my eldest has asked instead to take a couple of friends bowling as there is a ten year gap beteen her and her little brother so she feels to old to join in their party. combinding them is a great idea as long as they are of a smillar age at dont mind a party suited to all of them. go for it if it doesnt work out least you can sort something out for next year

Deanna - posted on 02/08/2011

You already know the cons because you yourself are going back and forth on the subject. :) I know I have done it too. However, I have also seen a lot of families do it this way, have one or two parties a year and encompass all or half in each one. Then for each child they would get a sitter and take that one child out to dinner with just mom and dad. Some good quality one on one time.

Christina - posted on 02/07/2011

I combine my boys birthday parties sometimes. Their birthdays are Sept 29 and Sept 30, five years one day apart in age. When I do combine parties for the boys, they each have their own separate cake, and own party decorations. I individualize it as much as I can. We also have a thee more children, whose birthdays are in October, December, and January. They get their own parties, while our Sept boys have a choice every year.
You might also consider mellowing down the parties. Just invite over one friend for each child, or just grandparents. We do not do huge parties.

Elizabeth - posted on 02/06/2011

We do joint parties for our 4 kids. Two of them are born in May within 5 days of eachother, and then the two August baby's dates are 2 days apart. We tel them that they will celebrate together and they dont complain because they know that this way they get more presents. (One of mine and one of his share the parties and both families are very good at getting gifts for the kid that is not biologically related to the family so i wirks out really well.

Dorothy - posted on 11/28/2010

For the longest time my family has combined our birthdays simply because there wasn't enough month to go around for all the parties! Our big months are september and May. In the beginning of the year or at one of these birthdays we get our calenders out and decide on a date good for most. We have them outside and maybe with a pool too! Everyone brings something. We all pitch in for the work so it doesn't fall on one person. We have fun!

Danielle - posted on 11/27/2010

I do this with my kids. We have 5 kids and four of them have birthdays within 2months of eachother. The two in October are the 2nd and 8th and then there is the 17th and 19th of November. The past two years we did individual parties to try to save money but it ended up being way more expensive and the kids decided they want joint parties again next year. This year I am going to rent the skating rink for four hours and do the three oldest parties there. This way they can have all their friends at the rink because it will be a private party, we can do presents with each child while the other two are skating, and the best part is only one rental fee for the rink. We did this a few years ago and they loved it. When you do more than one party at a time things are actually easier because you are only paying for one place if you rent somewhere to have it, you can get great discounts on bulk food or large pizza orders, and you aren't buying everything twice. Not mention it is a lot less stressful and all the kids can play together.

Ashley - posted on 11/25/2010

I think thats a great idea if you can talk to every one in your family and see what they think but i think thats awesome