Bake the cake and bring the animals and the art! Invite your friends and discover volcanoes or oceans! Even in the midst of a pandemic, our energetic kids keep learning, growing, and having birthdays. It can be tricky for parents to find something that’s permitted (and still fun!) when it
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Birthday parties are a highlight for kids, but they can be a lot of work for the parents! Between sorting out food and presents, it can be a challenge to come up with fun ideas your kids will love for a memorable birthday party. But you also want something that won’t
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Celebrating your birthday? Kids get so excited, but we grown-ups sometimes grumble; those mounting years can start to get a little concerning! But we’ve found a great way to keep the kids’ fun going and/or cheer you up on your special day – FREE STUFF! Read on to find out
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As a mom or dad, how do you focus on the moments that matter? The daily grind requires so much of parents, and when birthday party time rolls around, you can get bogged down in the details of planning how to celebrate your child. But you don’t have to stress
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Have a little animal-lover in your life? A birthday is a perfect time to make them say, “AWWW!” It can be difficult during this time of COVID-19 to come up with unique ideas to celebrate your kids. Butterfield Acres Farm will hopefully be opening in July 2020 and they normally have
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Life as a parent is inexpressibly busy and between all the mundane tasks, it’s sometimes difficult to make time to deal with all the little details for special occasions. But it’s easy to take your next special occasion or birthday party to the next level with Teeny Wish, an online
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What are your most important considerations when you’re planning a birthday party for your kids? I’m sure we all consider the budget, the most convenient time for the party, and even (sometimes especially?!) the social dynamics. But like many parents, two of my most basic considerations are whether my child
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Sugar! Excitement! Energy! All the reasons kids love birthday parties are the reasons I approach them with great trepidation. Looking for something that everyone (including me) could love, we booked a birthday party at InjaNation, an epic, indoor “playground” for all ages. InjaNation has a variety of birthday party packages;
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I have a confession to make. I dread birthday parties. The decorating, the food, the happy little faces looking to me to see what amazing activities I have planned . . . I could definitely live without it. But the problem is this: I have 3 kids, and they tend
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My seven-year-old daughter loves rainbows, believes in mermaids and on any given day can be found elbow deep in paints, glitter and imagination. In her spare time, she scours YouTube searching for magical potion recipes to transform her into a mermaid. Through many frustrated tears, I can tell you she
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