Shared Birthday for DS and DD

If their birthdays were in the same month I would think sharing would be okay but a couple months apart? Maybe two smaller parties? Just my opinion.

Definitely would do two parties. Their birthdays are not remotely close so
why do you want to do one party. You do not have to spend a huge amount
of money on birthday parties especially for the 3 yo. We always had our
parties at home and they were very simple therefore inexpensive.

my older brother and my younger sister and I all have b'days 2 weeks-ish apart (7.30 / 8.11 / 8.26) and we NEVER had to share a party.

We would have if our mom would have asked us. We would have said we didn't mind. Because she is our mom and you don't give your mom a straight answer about stuff like that. Especially when you are so young.

I would spend less on each of them. Set a budget and then go with that. Son gets his party on/around his b'day. daughter gets her party on/around her b'day. End. of. story.

I would never dream of doing that....yes...during the same month...but not 2 months apart. Let the older one have the bounce house party....and then the 3yo can have a smaller party at your house.

No...too far apart between birthdays....I suggest spening 100 on each birthday party (if that much) and give them both their own special days.

"your little man".....what about your "little woman"?

Blessings....

I would do it in March. I think it is nice you are doing this. It is a big expense to have such a nice party. I would only do it once though. I never spend more than $50 or so for a party. I do a cake and some ice cream and we have it at some park or other free place.

My DS and DD are turning 3 & 7 tomorrow. We are doing a bowling birthday today for my DD we only allowed her to invite 10 of her very closest friends; only half will be coming so we will be spending about $88. Then tomorrow for DS we going to open bounce with a couple of our closest friends who have kiddos close to his age that will cost us about $32 because we are paying for them to bounce then will come back to our house for cake & presents.

I'm sure you'll get lots of different answers, but if you can, I'd do separate parties. Huge parties are not necessary and are very overwhelming for children...especially the three year old. Why not have two parties on a smaller scale so each has their own special day? My dd turned four this past year and we had the best birthday for her. We went out to dinner (her choice) with grandparents and had cake there and she opened the presents from them, she opened ours that morning. Rather than a stressful party (which we've had every other year), we let her choose an outing (bounce house place) and two friends to go with us. We played all morning and went out to lunch afterwards. She spent time with grandparents and her two closest friends for her birthday and it was wonderful. Good luck.

i think their bdays are WAY too far apart to share a party. my sons are 12/26 and 1/5, we have done a combo party a couple of times in mid-dec or mid-jan, we can't get real close to their actual bdays b/c of holidays, no one would attend... we also do a family only outing with dinner/cake on their actual birthdate. i would do two smaller parties, i'm all about saving money, but i think two months apart is just too much.

We always double up but my kids birthdays are in Feb only 4 days apart - he'll be 8 and she'll be 3 this year. We're doing it at our gym where we'll have a bouncy house for the little ones and the bigger ones will do the climbing wall.

I say double up as long as you can and save the cash!

You can always just have a more low key birthday party at your house if you want to have 2 birthday parties. Really, they are quite far apart so I would do 2 parties. You could have a breakfast party for the 3 yr old with games...or do a YMCA party ($100). You could have a pool party or a gymnastics party or an ice skating party for the 5 yr old (all about $50 to 100 here).

If they were in the same month then yes I would double up, but they are really too far apart to do that.

My girls just turned 5 and have been going to the inflatable play areas for parties for 2 years now... they're too over whelming for a 3 YO.... just do your son's party there for the 5 YO in Feb. and have a smaller family party for your daughter. They don't 'get it' at 3... so you don't have to worry about that.

I LOVE the idea of rotating every other year re: the big party!! That is the way to go...

How about doing it March?

my kids bdays are 2 weeks apart. Our rule has always been that one gets the expensive party (pool, magician, whatever) and the other gets the quiet at home party. then the next year they switch. never had a problem because thats the way it is, and besides, they both get to benefit from the big-deal party.