Birthday registry?

southernbelle0915

MagicInk said:

lolo883 said:

julieanne912 said:

ETA:  His sister is no help either when I ask her for ideas, she says "whatever your heart leads you to".  WTF.

LOL what kinda bullshit is that? Just tell me if Ninja Turtles are still cool, lady.

Just FYI, no one should tell someone like me, something like that. Your kid is getting finger paints, glitter, and a bead kit. Welcome to hell bitch.

haha yessss. And don't forget slippers/shoes that make noise when the kid walks, or talking toys.

charcoalandblush

MagicInk said:

lolo883 said:

julieanne912 said:

ETA:  His sister is no help either when I ask her for ideas, she says "whatever your heart leads you to".  WTF.

LOL what kinda bullshit is that? Just tell me if Ninja Turtles are still cool, lady.

Just FYI, no one should tell someone like me, something like that. Your kid is getting finger paints, glitter, and a bead kit. Welcome to hell bitch.

YAAASSSS

theartistformerlyknownas

southernbelle0915 said:

MagicInk said:

lolo883 said:

julieanne912 said:

ETA:  His sister is no help either when I ask her for ideas, she says "whatever your heart leads you to".  WTF.

LOL what kinda bullshit is that? Just tell me if Ninja Turtles are still cool, lady.

Just FYI, no one should tell someone like me, something like that. Your kid is getting finger paints, glitter, and a bead kit. Welcome to hell bitch.

haha yessss. And don't forget slippers/shoes that make noise when the kid walks, or talking toys.

"My heart led me to getting you this pet snake! And a drum set. My heart couldn't decide."

ashley8918

plainjane0415 said:

I'm cool with mom making an amazon wish list for the kid.  And if anyone asks, "hey what does bobby want for his birthday?" and pointing them to that said list.

I am not ok with mom giving free reign over the computer and letting the kid go crazy on amazon, toys r us or what have you, and then putting the info on an invitation, spreading the word etc. 

There's a right way to do this, and it be less side-eyeable.

Yep, this is what I do. For Christmas I let the kids make Amazon wishlists with my supervision (I used my veto power often). I didn't send it out all will nilly, but if anyone asked for ideas, I shared it with them.

julieanne912

MagicInk said:

lolo883 said:

julieanne912 said:

ETA:  His sister is no help either when I ask her for ideas, she says "whatever your heart leads you to".  WTF.

LOL what kinda bullshit is that? Just tell me if Ninja Turtles are still cool, lady.

Just FYI, no one should tell someone like me, something like that. Your kid is getting finger paints, glitter, and a bead kit. Welcome to hell bitch.

Hahahaha seriously.  The younger kid would actually like that kinda thing too.  That might be a plan for next year.  That or something really noisy and annoying.  We live 6 hours away from them.

anniewalkerx

theycallmelinz said:

mikenberger said:

I find that tacky as hell.

But I also think it's tacky to have huge birthday parties for your kid every year. Sure, a first birthday is a must, and maybe a few for "significant" birthdays. I don't understand why all of the parents' friends/relatives need to be invited every year. I think that the majority of kids' birthdays should be limited to the kids' friends, or at least limited to relatives who are close enough that they know what the kid wants.

ETA: Also, I'm not in love with the lesson you're teaching your kid with that.

My cousin's kid's first birthday is at the end of the month and for the last two weeks "I have no idea what she wants for her birthday theme! She really likes Bubble Guppies, but I just don't know!"

She's ONE. You're overthinking this.

--------Why tf do my boxes keep disappearing? I'm glad to see TK took care of that with the relaunch....

I see this all the time from my FMIL who makes cakes for birthday parties. She's a genius and makes GORGEOUS cakes, and people will pay several hundreds of dollars for her cakes, but looking at them I'm thinking "Uhhh...that was an adult party with a kid who happened to have a birthday." Seriously, your 3 year old is not going to appreciate the hours of work my FMIL put into meticulously carving this princess castle from cake. 

Case in point:

This came complete with cookies, cake pops, and other small cakes made by FMIL. Well over $1000 for a ONE year old. 

ETA: Cake pic, and bc I'm totally bragging on FMIL's skills.

EDIT BOXES UGH SORRY ---------------------------------------------------------------

Did anyone else notice the initials on the cake? I would reaaaally like to believe that the one year old's name isn't Sarah Marie Hubbard or whatever, and it's just a statement from your FMIL

theartistformerlyknownas

anniewalkerx said:
Did anyone else notice the initials on the cake? I would reaaaally like to believe that the one year old's name isn't Sarah Marie Hubbard or whatever, and it's just a statement from your FMIL



As awesome as that would be, monograms go firstlastmiddle so her initials are probably SHM. Awesome monogram OR statement though.

anniewalkerx

@lolo883 I am embarrassed to admit I didn't know that! Thanks. Still chuckling about the SMH cake.

theycallmelinz

lolo883 said:

anniewalkerx said:

Did anyone else notice the initials on the cake? I would reaaaally like to believe that the one year old's name isn't Sarah Marie Hubbard or whatever, and it's just a statement from your FMIL

As awesome as that would be, monograms go firstlastmiddle so her initials are probably SHM. Awesome monogram OR statement though.

-------------------Preventative measures against disappearing boxes

I'm sure my FMIL was smiling to herself when she applied the letters haha

KytchynWitche

I'm on the fence about this one. In my family, we've always done wish-lists for gift-giving occasions. Nowadays that generally consists of finding things online and emailing the link/s to my mom. So if anyone wants to know what to get for anyone else, we ask Mom. I maintain wish-lists on sites like Amazon and Takealot, but I don't share the lists with anyone. And I just don't know that I would ever go so far as to actually do a whole registry thing, especially not for a kid.

lovesclimbing

There's a local toy store in a town I used to live in that, when the kid comes in to register, they put all the toys the kid wants on a table near the door and then sticks a sign that says, "Happy Birthday, Jane Smith" on it. And then they post a pic of it on their Facebook too and share it on local Facebook groups.

I find that so incredibly tacky.  I can't quite put my finger on what exactly, but I think it's just the way it's so in people's faces.  Ick, ick, ick.

ETA: I also think birthday parties for young kids, actually, kids of any age really, are way too over the top.  The most people I ever had over for a birthday party was four friends, and then was when I was 9 or 10.  Most of the time, even when I was older, it was just one or two friends.  Toddlers do not need 20 people at their birthday party that they won't even remember.  They just don't. #sorrynotsorry