While I’m not anywhere close to spending ten thousand or more like the ones in the article, we use our kids’ birthday party to spend time with the parents. So w

While I’m not anywhere close to spending ten thousand or more like the ones in the article, we use our kids’ birthday party to spend time with the parents. So we plan it like an adult party with adult food and drinks. We go to dozens of kid birthday parties each year with the same pizza, popcorn and fruit punch. Everyone is tired of them, so we host a party for the parents.