Article: Jane Gordon: When I was a child there were only two things that made birthday parties bearable....(Features)

Article: KIDDIE BIRTHDAY PARTIES ARE OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  February 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Correspondent Jessica Grajeda knows kids' birthday parties. Besides being a mother of two children ... Gymboree play center in Valencia where birthday parties fill her calendar every week. But ... around Los Angeles, children's birthday parties have become the social event of the ...

Article: Birthday parties for new Puteri members
New Straits Times;  February 26, 2003 ;     341 words ... ... Straits Times 02-26-2003 Birthday parties for new Puteri members Edition ... which is offering monthly birthday parties for new members under a ... drive launched last month. Birthday parties may seem like a gimmick ...

Article: BIRTHDAY PARTIES A LA MODE IT'S HOLD THE CAKE AND ...
The Boston Globe;  January 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... becoming a thing of the past. Nowadays, birthday parties have become exercises in fiscal management ... opened its doors, it had more than 20 birthday parties scheduled, two of them on opening ... Center in Malden, Earl McAllister has birthday parties down to a science. When the ...

Article: Keep kids' birthday parties modest, simple.(Knight ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... duddy on the subject of children's birthday parties. Once upon a time not so long ago ... was a child, not a demigod. When birthday parties were modest affairs, children behaved ... Did this all have to do with modest birthday parties? Of course not, but modest birthday ...

Article: PARENTING: Parents should keep children's birthday ...
Charleston Gazette;  August 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... duddy on the subject of children's birthday parties. Once upon a time not so long ago ... was a child, not a demigod. When birthday parties were modest affairs, children behaved ... Did this all have to do with modest birthday parties? Of course not, but modest birthday ...

Article: If only life was one long round of birthday parties
Herald Express (Torquay UK);  November 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... now presided over no fewer than 38 birthday parties of various sizes, 20 for the big ... family archive show some of the early birthday parties I have long since forgotten. Occasionally ... years we ventured far afield and had birthday parties at swimming pools with chicken nuggets ...

Article: More Sensible Birthday Parties.(gift giving ...
Kiplinger's Money Smart Kids Web Column;  June 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Editors My recent columns on sensible birthday parties hit a chord with readers. Use the ... shouldn't throw over-the-top birthday parties for their kids. For our first kid ... birthday Regarding your columns on birthday parties, I disagree with the reader from ...