La Tex - I love that we do fewer birthday parties to be honest. I see that the friendships my children are forming are *real* ones - where they connect with the other child on a level never experienced at school. And I'm not talking only gifted here. At soccer they connect with the kids who enjoy soccer, at SEMAS they connect with kids who enjoy maths, at violin group classes they connect with kids who love music. They have friends across all age groups, all abilities and all interests. It's been wonderful and the best friend kinda connections are so much more real! Aiden is 6, his closest friends, who don't even know each other, range in age from 5 right up to 11. And smaller birthday parties are even nicer for us to host because it means we can do more interesting stuff with fewer kids. Although he is already planning for December party and is struggling to keep it to under 15 kids.
