30th Birthday Ideas Needed
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Topic: 30th Birthday Ideas Needed
Posted By: Helen80
Subject: 30th Birthday Ideas Needed
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:45am
 well my 30th birthday is coming up! argh! and I am stuck for ideas of what to do! I don't want a boozy party as I am breast feeding and would rather remember the night also! My 21st was a combined 21st for me and my engagement party - so it wasn't all about me. But for this birthday I would like it to me about me, as I am now a mother of 3 so nice to do something for 'me'. Any ideas on what I can do? 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:02am
| I had a bbq at home, that was all I wanted being due with #2 6 days later! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:25am
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Have a classy cocktail party. My 30th is next year and I am having a classy party, not totally sure yet what we will do but I know we will be dressing up for it. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:55am
| If u are including kids in the perty then a dress up theme would be fun for everyone - like an 80's party! |
Posted By: zcm
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 9:16am
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Mine is coming up too and I'm also breastfeeding. I think I'm just going to do dinner at a restaurant maybe, I can't think of anything else either! ------------- Mum to two boys and http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 9:27am
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We had a nice day with me and DH, then met a couple of friends for dinner and spent the night in a hotel in the city. It was great (apart from the fact that DH got very drunk and we had an argument.....) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:13am
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yeah i go thru phases of wanting something big then change my mind. I would really like to go away with my hubby for the weekend. I would have to take our then 9.5month with us unless she weans herself before then. My bday is a Wed so thought about a get together the weekend b4 it then go away with hubby the weekend after. Im sure my family can take care of our 7 & 5 year olds.
Sometimes I think about an early in the day party and getting a face painter in and inviting friends and family with their kids but then i change my mind. I like the idea of a cocktail party! As a mother of 3 when do I get a chance to dress up all swanky!? Apart from earlier in the year when I was a matron of honour with a 12 week old baby and mastitis in both breasts! ha ha ha that was fun! |
Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:17am
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i just don't want to have any regrets on how I celebrate it.
Altho I suppose there will be other birthdays that are big ones in time to come. I did want to go overseas but then we decided to go for #3 baby so that idea went out the window! maybe for our 10th anniversary we will make it overseas! |
Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:21am
| does anyone have any accommodation that they recommend? |
Posted By: KatzWtgn
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:27am
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I like the idea of dressing up swanky -- I think that will help make it a special night for you.
What about a harbour dinner cruise where the dress code is formal? ------------- [IMG]http://lb3f.lilypie.com/rGG7p13.png] |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:36am
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We had a cocktail evening for combined mum and dads 60th and brothers 30th...was lots of fun...the trick is to choose only a few cocktails else things can get out of hand pretty quickly. And have LOTS of mixers including juices/cream etc.
Also need to assign someone to be making the drinks at the start of the night, towards the middle and end some guests like to give it a whirl. Sooo much fun, want to have one myself now lol! ------------- 
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Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:37am
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i don't drink as I used to have an issue with drinking and I am a Christian now and also breast feeding so what ever we do it will be alcohol free,
the harbour dinner cruise sounds great! how do I find out about that? i could get my hair & nails done! Not sure what I would do with our baby - unless my Mum and Dad took care of our 3 kids and we went out with friends and my sisters? Altho one of my sisters would have a newborn baby by then. but really like the idea! ill have a look into it. thanks! the other thing ive always wanted to do was go hot air ballooning? |
Posted By: nuts_nats
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 11:16am
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A cocktail party is a really nice way of celebrating I think!
DP and I recently had a combined bday party which worked out really well. We got a suite in the city with living and kitchen areas and a separate bedroom (cheap on wotif) and had a dress up vintage theme cocktail party there. Earlier in the afternoon I had a few girlfriends come to the hotel and had pampered on location come and do our nails etc it was so nice! I was lucky to have my parents looking after DD for the night, they brought her for a visit and a feed about 6pm, but something like this would be quite doable with a baby, if your baby is happy sleeping away from home! Our DD is happy to sleep in a bedroom when we are over at friends for dinner or whatever. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 11:25am
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that does sound good. i looked in2 hot air ballooning and its at least $340 per person!
i like the idea of girlfriend pampering! i never had a hens party so that sounds like a good idea too! |
Posted By: lottieandharry
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 12:24pm
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My birthday is in November, round Canterbury Anniversary day which down here in Canterbury is all about the A&P Show and Cup Day. I have never made it to cup day and have always wanted too.
So what I did was have my own Cup Night!! Invited about 30 people approx and everyone had to dress up in there best dress, hats etc. We taped 5 races off the TV and printed off heaps of pretend dollar bills. Everyone was allocated a certain amount to 'bet' with. My sister acted as the 'bookie' and people had to place bets with her. We played the races through out the evening and everyone was so into it!! Jumping up and down and cheering for their horse! It made a standard kind of 30th gathering into a really great night. We are not usually into betting on the races or anything but for one night it was fun. Everyone raved about it and even had a friend who said she would never ever put a bet on a horse in real life, but enjoyed it as it was just pretend!! Hope you figure out something to do, being able to dress up for one night when you are a busy mum is so much fun. Some really good ideas from others too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 1:13pm
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That is such a cool idea, Lottie! I have been to a couple of fundraisers that are the same as that and they are awesome.
I am having a boozy party with lots of dancing! Mine is going to a huge weekend as have my 30th on the Friday night and DS's 3rd birthday on the Sunday. The kids are going to stay at Mums house but we will pay for a sitter so Mum can come to the party but we don't have to deal with them in the morning. -------------  
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Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 1:13pm
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what a cool A&P party!
ive never had a surprise party before and that would be a cool idea too but wouldn't be a surprise if I know about it! ha ha ha the hard part is that most of my friends have children and really young babies too! My sister will have a 2 week old, my besty will have a 2 month old, another friend will have a 3-4month old. Id really like it to be something special for me but not sure how to go about it. thanks for all the ideas! |
Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 3:01pm
| On my 30th I booked a bach on Waiheke Island and brought some friends with me. We spent the weekend on the beach (it was warm even though it was April!) and had a BBQ dinner and out to the cafes etc. It was fun! Some people just came over for the day - so they attended the BBQ and beach with us. |
Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 3:02pm
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For baches see:
www.kiwigetaway.com |
Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 5:29pm
| my bday is mid october so not sure how the weather will be. i wonder if there are any coming attractions around that time that may be good to go to? |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:46pm
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We just went out for dinner at Turkish Cafe. I didn't know that's what we were doing as it was a surprise :) ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:03pm
Like a concert, or a show, or a ballet? Bound to be!! You should look at some of those events websites to see! |
Helen80 wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:38pm
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Perhaps you could have a BBQ for your friends and their families...that's what my DH wants for his 30th this yr. And you could take a raincheck on the going away for a weekend until baby is old enough to be okay on either expressed milk or other. Two days off at this stage shouldn't make you go up like a balloon but you may prefer to wait until 12mos? -------------  |
Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:43pm
| it depends whether you want classy or just plain old fun. a mocktail party would be great, there are some scrummy ones. for my birthday last year I had a little kids party, complete with cheerios, candy, chicken chippies, burger rings, candy floss, icecream sundaes. needless to say we all felt really sick by the end of the evening but had an awesome time. |
Posted By: nathansmummy
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 9:37pm
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Amme I did that for my 20th Birthday including fairy bread
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Posted By: Helen80
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 4:38pm
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yeah a mocktail sounds like a cool idea!
i wondered about a kids party too - with a pinyata - limbo stick - musical statues etc. i thought if I had a mocktail where everyone had to dress up swanky - then my kids could come as it could be at mum and dads and I could invite family and friends and give my younger cousins some cash if they help out with the kids during that party. but everyone elses kids apart from young babies would need to be looked after somewhere else. and have yummy nibbles - a friend of mine does a really nice non-alcol punch |