With the minimalism movement in full swing these days, many parents are cutting the clutter and discarding their kids’ knick knacks and cheap plastic toys in favor of higher quality playthings. While that’s great for parents and the environment, it can make shopping for party favors a pain in the butt. You want to get […]

Planning a birthday party in the age of Pinterest and mom influencers can be a little daunting. For our parent’s generation, a kids’ birthday party often consisted of little more than a cake, presents, and a handful of kids playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey in the backyard. And a “fancy” kid’s party, which […]

Party food menus probably weren’t something you gave a lot of thought to before you had kids. Pre-parenthood, your party meal prepping probably consisted of little more than buying a veggie tray from the grocery store and pouring some chips and salsa into an elegant serving dish. But now that you’re a parent, food planning […]

For as long as there have been kids’ birthday parties, there have been families too busy to show up to them. It’s simply an expected fact of our modern, over-scheduled lives that if we invite 20 people to our child’s birthday party, there will always be at least one or two who cancel at the […]