You may have noticed that Dr.Wilma and I have daughters with birthday’s that are fairly close together. She just finished celebrating her daughters’ first birthday and my daughter’s 3rd birthday is rapidly approaching. If only it was the first - they’re so easy & mellow, a little family, a little meal and maybe some simple water fun and voila, a party fit for a 1yr old. As they get older, everything has to get more complicated it seems. I don’t know why I chose to have such a big shin dig for my daughter’s second party, I probably still could have gotten away with something tiny, it ended up about thirty people (adults and children) and it was almost completely missed by daughter who still took naps back then. I had to wake her up and sell her on the idea that cake and pizza and friends were waiting for her presence.  read more »