The following post: tips for a successful birthday party  was written by Lisa, a mom of two with experience in birthday party planning.   My husband and I have plenty of experience throwing birthday parties for our two kids and we’ve noticed something: they usually don’t go over as well as we’d like. One kid invariably hurts another kid’s feelings. Someone ends up with a scraped knee. And there’s a high likelihood that even one of our own children ends up crying at some point. … [Read more...]