My 6 year old daughter has a better social life than I do.

[KitchenWitch]

She is currently at a birthday party (which started at 9:30 this morning. When she gets back, I will be taking her to another birthday party which starts at 2:00.

:crazy:

[AlCzervik]

1. ha, same here, kick boxing at 1:30 with her friend then off to that same friends house for a

sleep over, she went to a dance friday night at her other friends school and she went to a party the next day. And me, poor old Mom's left all by myself.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I feel very pathetic all of a sudden.

:D

[AlCzervik]

3. it's weird isn't it? It's like looking into the future, 6 more years and my girl will be

of to college and i'm going to be.....an empty nester. Where the hell did the last 13 years go?

[BarenakedLady]

4. My 10 year old does definately

She isn't even off the bus in the afternoons before the phone starts ringing.

I can't remember the last time I had a friend call me. :(

[From The Ashes]

7. If I had your number...

...I'd call ya. Just sayin'...:hi::hug:

[BarenakedLady]

22. I know you would

And I thank you. If I do ever get over my phone phobia, you will be the first to know. :D

:hug:

[Fleshdancer]

5. who schedules a b-day party at 9:30 am?

:wtf:

You're a better mom than I am. There's no way I would have taken my daughter to a party on Sunday morning. I get two glorious days per week to sleep in and I'm not giving that up for cake and screaming kids.

[AlCzervik]

6. sometimes if you're having it at a place thats the time you get, we went to one at a bowling alley

that started at 10:00am, "10:00am, what in the hell" but that was the only time slot the parents could get.

[KitchenWitch]

9. Exactly

I think, if I had a spare 300 grand, I would open one of those places up, since the charge for a party is about $350 even before the food. Average 10 parties on Saturdays and Sundays and up to 15 more during the weekdays...One certainly would not get rich doing it but here in the land of supposedly high levels of disposable income and parents that want to spoil their children rotten...

[orleans]

14. oh, that reminds me! i've got to check my lottery tickets

yesterday's game 2.5 million

but the one i'm really counting on winning is on tuesday for 220 million

[KitchenWitch]

17. But it is MY turn to win on Tuesday!

:D

[KitchenWitch]

8. One of my daughter's classmate's parents...

The party was at one of those indoor bounce house places. They only do one party at a time there, so they may have not had much of a choice for times.

This is the second party she been invited to that has been around 9 am on a weekend. The other party was at the cheap movie theater. The parents had rented out the entire theater and the kids had movies, popcorn, soda, cake and hotdogs. The theater only does the parties before the scheduled showtimes.

[Fleshdancer]

10. I think bday parties are getting out of hand

Abby has been to the bowling parties, laser tag parties, girl spa parties, bouncy place parties...all expensive and ridiculously elaborate. Is this for the kids or are the parents trying to out party the other parents?

[KitchenWitch]

11. Oh, this is the land of "look at all the activities I have MY child in"

I hear ya.

[Fleshdancer]

15. North Austin has too many of those parents too

This is why the PTA scares the living crap out of me. :scared:

Too many alpha moms.

[KitchenWitch]

16. Our PTA is refreshingly laid back!

:rofl:

[orleans]

12. birthday, smirthday. you've got us and it's party time around this

place 24/6

and you don't have to bring presents
and you don't have to dress
and you don't have to clean the house first

(every 7th day we discuss politics)

[KitchenWitch]

13. Very true!

:D

:yourock:

[billyoc]

18. Maybe you need a playdate.

:hide:

[zanne]

19. It's easy for a six year=old to make friends...

All they have to do is go up to another six year old and say "Will you be my friend"?

[latebloomer]

20. I hardly see my 13-year-old anymore

She comes home from one visit or sleepover and then is on the computer plotting the next.

I know this is age-appropriate and I'm glad she has friends, but I miss her!

[AlCzervik]

21. i'm back and she's gone :-( should i clean or rent a movie or read?