okay, so last year, Alex had a birthday party (3rd birthday), whereas Jason (1st birthday) had just a little cake and balloons at MIL's house (so not a proper party), and for Lydia (5th birthday) we went to a safari park, so not a party at all.
This year, we've decided it's only fair if we do an outing for Alex's 4th birthday, and Lydia gets a party for her 6th birthday (we can't afford more than one party really - all the kids birthdays are pretty close, Alex's is 6 weeks before Lydia's, and Jason's is the day before Lydia's).
So....
14th August - an outing for Alex
25th September - a party for Lydia
but that leaves Jason. 24th September is his 2nd birthday. Now, he doesn't go to nursery, so he doesn't know any other children apart from Lydia and Alex, so a party is not feasible as there would be nobody to invite. I don't want him to just go to MIL's and eat cake again because that's kinda pants. It's okay for a 1 year old who doesn't really understand, but he's getting bigger now, I want to do something a bit better for his 2nd birthday.
So....do we....
-have some sort of outing for him as well on his birthday (but bear in mind the following day will be Lydia's party, so things will be kind of hectic)
or
-make Lydia's party a joint party, so he has his cake and everything at HER party, and put banners up for both of them (but bear in mind that the only kids going will be 5/6 year olds, friends of Lydia....and Alex of course will be there, that goes without saying).
or
-something else I'm just not thinking of!
so far, we've done :
Lydia -
1st birthday - mini party with family
2nd birthday - Chester zoo
3rd birthday - flamingo land theme park
4th birthday - cinema with DH (I was in hospital having just had Jason, so couldn't do much that year)
5th birthday - Knowsley safari park
Alex -
1st birthday - mini party with family
2nd birthday - soft play, and then a Sundown theme park a few days later
3rd birthday - proper party at home with bouncy castles
Jason -
1st birthday - mini party with family