Kevin Hope Heather&#39;s birthday is a great success. I remember doing all those parties &amp; boy did they get expensive.<br /><br />Yes, the girls are definitely more costly when they are younger then the boys but my son got more expensive as he grew older, he can eat a weeks worth of food in a day&#33; LOL When he moved out my food bill cut in 1/2 or more&#33; My DD eats like a bird. Both my kids had jobs at 16 and bought the fancy stuff they wanted, shampoo, soap, cereal, clothes, etc. I only bought the basics......what was on sale of course&#33; <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> I guess it evened out for us.<br />