janetupnorth
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So, DD turns 7 on May 9th - last year we had a party for her at the bowling alley. This year, life is busy, she has a ton of friends, but no real CLOSE friends because everyone up here knows everyone but you live a ways away from your neighbor. Anyway, I didn't want to spend a fortune on a party again, I thought of doing one at home, but life is WAY too busy. Besides, my house is not suited to hold many kids, the weather may not cooperate and our yard still looks like winter. I can't guarantee grass will be green and with having to repair a roof soon, we may be busy with that...So DD goes to a small private school - class size of 25 total for 2 grades. I called the nearby McD's - 3 blocks away, got them to honor the 49 cent cone sale price on her birthday, we are walking down there as a class to all get vanilla cones and then they walk to the library.I'm pretty pleased - DD thinks it is great, it costs me about $13.00 and the entire class gets a mini field-trip.Of course, we'll celebrate with a cake and "immediate family birthday" at home.All relatives are 300+ miles away anyway and one Grandpa and Grandma are flying to Alaska then anyway for her cousin's college graduation.