40th birthday, present & party ideas (merged)

amateur_saver

I think that you should get him a cake with a photo of him as a child on it... you can get them done in Asda now, I saw one today, and it only takes about 15 minutes.
It looks really good as well as tasting yummy...

I also think that the adventure days are good as well, and maybe a drive round Brands Hatch in a fast car, or as my friend did, jumped out of an aeroplane !

A_S x

:A

Glad

my brother bought me this ornament for my 40th

it comes with a card saying
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Sister and Brother
"Celebrating and Enduring Friendship and Love"

It works well as I'm a few years older than him [/font]

Cat72

Thanks for the ideas for the presents, I also want to " suprise " him and do something he will remember on his birthday. He is not a big adventure person but I had considered the flying lessons. He likes his garden, and his drink Lol and he did like his youth :rolleyes: . His wife has all the birthday party sorted, and she is not the type to let any of his family help out so we are trying to do something that will fit in but will not be alloweed access to his house probably , plus she seems to think she is nigella lawson and wants to bake for britain .But then again we have known him longer so we also want to help him celebrate.
Everyone I know gets a big banner stuck at the roundabout on their birthday so I wanted to be a bit more unusal than that, plus he would kick me .lol yip im still scared of him, kind of ......

building

we have a one year child and do not really like leaving her with anyone for babysitting yet. particularly as she wakes up. any suggestions on how to celebrate a 40th birthday with this in mind. obviously we could do this in our house - though it is a small mid terrace.
any tips appreciated. thanks again. :rolleyes:

Dumbledore55

Hi

My sister had a 40 hour birthday party to celebrate her 40th. She too had yioung children. Basically, she had an open door to her house for 40 hours and any friends or family could pop in during that time. Sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags if they wanted or leaving and coming back later.

Everyone helped with the food - a buffet that could be taken in and out the fridge as required and guests brought breakfast with them if staying over.

It was really good fun and some of us only had about 6 hours sleep during that time.

helen21_2

Being a rather selfish cow i would leave child with daddy and go and get plastered with my mates

Counting_Pennies_2

I found that while my son was still in the waking up stage we just went without night parties and did day time things.

How about a massive picnic in the park. Pick a date (and a back up one incase it rains) choose your local park, or a nice one nearby, and pitch up with a few basics and ask everyone to bring a bottle of whatever they fancy drinking and a dish towards the picnic, get a relative or friend to co-ordinate the dishes so you have a mixture of everything and take over a corner of the park for an afternoon/evening.

Your baby will then have the run of the swings when they want them and a massive space to crawl about in safely and you can enjoy a nice afternoon with friends and family without having to worry about hosting in your home and little one will have the pushchair to sleep in for the early evening.

Alternatively, go off on a nice trip for a weekend as a small family unit, some nice hotels that suit young children and are nice for adults:

http://www.thegrove.co.uk/
http://www.babingtonhouse.co.uk/
http://www.calcotmanor.co.uk/
http://www.ickworthhotel.com/

Have a fun time whatever you choose

Amie_007

helen21 wrote:

Being a rather selfish cow i would leave child with daddy and go and get plastered with my mates

That's my idea of motherhood!

Amie_007

Amie_007 wrote:

That's my idea of motherhood!

I like your style!

System

Amie_007 wrote:

I like your style!

me too :D