Party On Little Dudes
They’re also a huge source of parental anxiety–especially if moms and dads feel compelled to keep up with people as inventive as the Medvecs. Parties with a couple of kids from down the street are as extinct as T. Rex these days. “It’s not just running around the backyard and playing on your swing set,” says Brad Maxwell, publisher and owner of birthdaypartyideas.com, which gets 100,000 visitors each month. Celebrations have become so elaborate in the last few years that many parents think they have to take out a second mortgage to pay for the entertainment, decoration and, of course, a specially designed cake....