{"id":510,"date":"2007-01-22T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=510"},"modified":"2007-01-22T13:25:01","modified_gmt":"2007-01-22T20:25:01","slug":"birthdays-gone-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays gone wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Birthdays Gone Wild\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070122\/ap_on_re_us\/birthdays_gone_wild\">http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070122\/ap_on_re_us\/birthdays_gone_wild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t tell how much I hate when my kids get a birthday invitation.\u00c2\u00a0 And, when their own birthdays come around &#8211; I just want to hide away until they are over.\u00c2\u00a0 We are not rich.\u00c2\u00a0 And, even if we were not &#8211; the current trends in birthday parties for children just does not sit right with me.<\/p>\n<p>This article reminds me of this article at TOS by Jen Igarashi:\u00c2\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com\/How_To_Homeschool\/articles\/how_to_make_a_monster.php\">How to Make a Monster in Three Easy Steps<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhat do you all think about birthdays?\u00c2\u00a0 Are you like me &#8211; a &#8220;bad&#8221; mommy who refuses to\u00c2\u00a0 succumb to the hoopla?\u00c2\u00a0 Or do you go all out?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=510\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D510&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Birthdays%20gone%20wild\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=510\" data-text=\"Birthdays gone wild\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Birthdays gone wild\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=510\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=510\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Birthdays%20gone%20wild&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D510&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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