If we live in Latin America, we would be celebrating Quinceañera for my elder daughter (and she would be requesting personalized gifts from us and her friends, LOL).
We are not party-givers though when we had only our elder daughter, we celebrate her birthday with a party every year. We celebrate the children’s birthdays quietly with a mass and a family dinner at the celebrant’s choice of restaurant. Sometimes I just cook special meals and we have dinner at home.
Lately I have been thinking if we are depriving our children the opportunity to have big celebrations for their birthdays, well, the big milestones at least like 7th birthday or 13th birthday. But then again, as long as they are not complaining and asking for it, we will continue with what we have been doing the past years. The budget for that party will just be for a more important obligation.
