There’s a birthday boy in our house this week. Someone is ‘big boy three’ and very excited about this new number he is too! He seems to really understand this year about birthdays, which means it all changes. Last year he still looked rather puzzled when everyone started singing happy birthday to him, but this […]
Millions of birthday cards get sent each year. Obviously it is nice to receive a card from a friend or loved one but so many people just write ‘to’ and ‘from’ in cards these days that I can’t help but think sometimes what’s the point? What do you even do with old birthday cards? It […]
Every birthday is special but it always seems important to mark a milestone birthday with a little something extra special. What do you think? It might be a party, a trip somewhere or a particularly special gift perhaps. We all have our own preferred way of marking a special ‘big’ birthday and we have to […]
Children’s birthday parties can be very costly, particularly when you have children whose birthdays are close together. They don’t have to be super expensive though, and there are lots of ways you can look to reduce costs. Have joint parties with other family members Have a joint party with a school friend Do a cinema […]
Most of the time I find the children quite easy to buy for. Often they will ask for something specific which obviously helps, but because they have such varied interests I can normally find a good selection of things for birthdays and Christmas. Buying for other children isn’t always so simple of course, especially if […]