I think this year, N’s 9th birthday, will probably be the last year of birthday parties. Not that he really has ‘parties’ but more a few friends together. But it’s more likely he’ll want to do activities with just a few friends in future, and go further afield. And maybe ending up going at some…
How to deliver, accept and decline party invitations
One of my most popular posts has been the decline of party invitation etiquette. I get a lot of searches arriving at my blog asking how to accept and decline party invites. Nowadays, with the decline of snail mail and increase in electronic event invitations, people are getting out of the habit of replying to…
The understatement that is…turning six
A child’s birthday should be a big thing for them. But I think this year, N turning six was more exciting for me than it was for him. Unless he’s just very good at hiding his excitement (unlikely, although he is fairly understated). Unfortunately he had a bit of a snuffly nose before his birthday…
Spooky Halloween babies
Halloween babies. Spooky or cute? It seems having a baby lets you dress them up (poor them, although great photos & comeback for when they’re older and being horrible teens). I hate fancy dress, so wanted something relatively tame for N’s first experience. Our NCT group were having a Halloween party, and we wanted to…
