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Is it a Sept. 11th party or your son's 4 BD or both? Honestly, throwing a bash for a 4 year old is setting yourself up for a lifetime of over the top events, every time some special little anniversary happens, and a whole lot of grief, if you suddenly decide to say, "Enough, already."
People have birthdays on the 11th of September, too. Yes, there is a lot of grief for some people about the day, and if anyone close was personally affected by the 911 traged, then holding a celebration on the 11th could be viewed as in bad taste, but if not, then let the child have his birthday party on his birthday, and do not stress over the date. Four year olds have birthdays; its a whole lot easier to have a big bash when they get excited about the cake and balloons. You don't have to make every year a huge bash, and for that matter, there is nothing to suggest that this party is a huge bash--it's just a birthday party. Special to the child and his parents, but not so much to everyone else.
Thank you! We live in a very small community in N. Georgia, so we personally had no one affected by 9/11. I was just hoping it would not come off as disrespectful but like all have learned in the last 10 years...Life does go on.
I felt the need to defend my stance on giving him a party. Now that I read your response I feel even better about my decision. To everyone else in the world, he is just a child turning 4. To us, he is our lil man that was never supposed to be born, whom at 26 weeks
was thought to have Downs and an enlarged kidney. To me he was 36 HOURS of labor with 1/2 of an epidural.
To us he is worth every minute of cupcakes, balloons & slides and a whole day dedicated to the fact that despite all that he is an awesome, healthy, perfect, charming beautiful little boy!
