Anonymous
Post 10/02/2020 13:35     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. She will be turning 4.

No. Make is a really super special over the top family party instead. She don’t remember if her friends were there or not, but she’ll remember a hugely decorated room in her honor with your smiling face and uninterrupted attention forever. Do her favorite indoor things and eat her favorite foods.


Are you kidding me? We had Elsa at my daughters 4th birthday and 2.5 years later I STILL hear about it from kids at school. If OPs kid doesn’t care, then that’s great, but 4 is plenty old enough to care and remember about birthdays.
Very true
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2020 07:23     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. She will be turning 4.

No. Make is a really super special over the top family party instead. She don’t remember if her friends were there or not, but she’ll remember a hugely decorated room in her honor with your smiling face and uninterrupted attention forever. Do her favorite indoor things and eat her favorite foods.


Are you kidding me? We had Elsa at my daughters 4th birthday and 2.5 years later I STILL hear about it from kids at school. If OPs kid doesn’t care, then that’s great, but 4 is plenty old enough to care and remember about birthdays.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2020 00:26     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. She will be turning 4.

No. Make is a really super special over the top family party instead. She don’t remember if her friends were there or not, but she’ll remember a hugely decorated room in her honor with your smiling face and uninterrupted attention forever. Do her favorite indoor things and eat her favorite foods.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2020 09:28     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m in MN and I’m chuckling at the horror of having an outdoor birthday party when it could be 40-50 degrees. That’s early summer weather here. 50 degrees in January and people in MN are wearing shorts and hanging out outside.


You misread.


Got it. No tangents allowed on DCUM. Totally.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2020 01:53     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:I’m in MN and I’m chuckling at the horror of having an outdoor birthday party when it could be 40-50 degrees. That’s early summer weather here. 50 degrees in January and people in MN are wearing shorts and hanging out outside.


You misread.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 23:48     Subject: For winter birthdays
Outdoor party advocate here, but also want to add that we attended a virtual Great Zucchini party in the spring and it was great. He kept the kids well engaged and laughing, as usual.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 23:25     Subject: For winter birthdays
I’m in MN and I’m chuckling at the horror of having an outdoor birthday party when it could be 40-50 degrees. That’s early summer weather here. 50 degrees in January and people in MN are wearing shorts and hanging out outside.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 21:08     Subject: For winter birthdays
We go to the playground all winter, and my 4yo and I would love to go to a winter birthday party outdoors. My husband actually does this every year with some friends for his December birthday- football, hot spiked cider, in the park. Some years it's 65 degrees, others it's snowing, but we always have fun.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 13:47     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’d bring my kid to an outdoor playground party in Jan. Have hot chocolate/cider. Theres a decent chance it will be 40-50degrees.

Or a blizzard.


And a blizzard would cancel an indoor party too. Point?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 13:44     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We will do delayed spring outdoor parties for our winter bday kids. I’m not hosting outdoors in Feb.


I got married in DC in February and we took our photos outside. Chances are is that it will be 50 degrees.

Not consistently or predictably. You got lucky. It could also be snowing. No thanks.

I planned my kids covid outdoor distanced bday party in a week. I had a pretty good idea of the weather forecast. If things had gotten ugly we would have cancelled and tried again. How is it different to deal with cold and snow versus heat and thunderstorms?

Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 13:42     Subject: Re:For winter birthdays
Do you never go outside in the winter? Most of the time it isn’t that cold. Sure we could have a polar vortex, but not forever. We’ve done bday parties a month out from the actual date. An outdoor party doesn’t require that much notice or planning for a 4 year old.
Bundle up and spend an hour outdoors. The kids will run around like crazy and be plenty warm. Parents can bring chairs and blankets for themselves. Get some hot hands and pass them out.

Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 13:36     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:Last year it was 70 degrees the day we had my daughter’s birthday party! Everyone was running around in short sleeves in the middle of January! It was nuts!

That said, you could certainly try for a short backyard s’mores and cocoa party. If the weather is nice you could set up extra games so people can stay longer. Generally, as long as you sing happy birthday within an hour, you’re good. People who want to leave can go and if kids are having fun they can play. If it snows you could have snow games which would be super fun!

Personally, I would shoot to have 2 or 3 families attend. No more. Even something small like this will feel super festive. Good luck!



Ha, I wonder if your daughter’s birthday party was the same day we had our son’s party!
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 12:31     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We will do delayed spring outdoor parties for our winter bday kids. I’m not hosting outdoors in Feb.


I got married in DC in February and we took our photos outside. Chances are is that it will be 50 degrees.

Not consistently or predictably. You got lucky. It could also be snowing. No thanks.




DP here. Alright Negative Nancy, we get it and you are totally free to decline. Some of us actually take our kids out to play in the snow...like on purpose. You don't want to, that's your prerogative. But snow is fun and I assume by January-February we're all going to be so stir crazy we'll all be a little more adaptable to less than perfect weather conditions. Or, you know, just decline. NBD.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 12:17     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We will do delayed spring outdoor parties for our winter bday kids. I’m not hosting outdoors in Feb.


I got married in DC in February and we took our photos outside. Chances are is that it will be 50 degrees.

Not consistently or predictably. You got lucky. It could also be snowing. No thanks.


Anonymous
Post 09/30/2020 09:31     Subject: For winter birthdays
Anonymous wrote:We will do delayed spring outdoor parties for our winter bday kids. I’m not hosting outdoors in Feb.


I got married in DC in February and we took our photos outside. Chances are is that it will be 50 degrees.