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As April draws near, it brings birthday party time again for us. My kids have April and May birthdays. I've had birthday parties of some sort for them every year since they each turned 1. And every year, I swear to myself that I'm going to stop throwing them a party every year.
My parents always gave me a birthday party every year, so I come by this bad habit honestly!
DS12's birthday is first - at the end of April. He'll be turning 13. As he's gotten older, his parties have become smaller and less "planned." Last year, we invited a few of his friends to play laser tag (at a facility) and have pizza. Pretty casual. DD8 will be turning 9 at the end of May. For her party last year, her request was to have her friends over to play soccer and have cake. Again, pretty casual.
So, here we are again. And here's me, thinking up small party ideas for DS. I'm actually thinking about combining their parties into 1 - they each invite a few friends (like 2 or 3 each) and we'd take them to the indoor water park near us for a few hours. I'm truly thinking that this will definitely be the last year for DS to have an actual party, now that he'll be 13. In the future, maybe he can have a friend sleep over or something, but no official "party."
I know that a lot of people only give bday parties every other year or every few years. I'm just curious as to what age you stopped giving official parties at all?

DS12's birthday is first - at the end of April. He'll be turning 13. As he's gotten older, his parties have become smaller and less "planned." Last year, we invited a few of his friends to play laser tag (at a facility) and have pizza. Pretty casual. DD8 will be turning 9 at the end of May. For her party last year, her request was to have her friends over to play soccer and have cake. Again, pretty casual.
So, here we are again. And here's me, thinking up small party ideas for DS. I'm actually thinking about combining their parties into 1 - they each invite a few friends (like 2 or 3 each) and we'd take them to the indoor water park near us for a few hours. I'm truly thinking that this will definitely be the last year for DS to have an actual party, now that he'll be 13. In the future, maybe he can have a friend sleep over or something, but no official "party."
I know that a lot of people only give bday parties every other year or every few years. I'm just curious as to what age you stopped giving official parties at all?