don't have a party every year. they swap between the three of them unless it falls on a big one like 1 or 5 (that's big to us). it also depends what you do for a party as well. whole class parties are great because you get to know all the kids in the class but like i mentioned earlier, we have a number of different friendship groups so my kids would want kids outside of their class to come as well. by then you are looking at 30-40 kids, no thanks. i see my house falling down just thinking about it! there are also some really cool places to 