Solutions for DD2s Birthday?!

[LilllyLovesLife]

DDs Dad doesn't live local and doesn't drive, so only comes down once a week for a weekend. The next weekend he is coming is DDs birthday. I don't want him around me all day, but we both want to spend the day with DD. I also usually want to make the most of the child free time I get during the day when he takes them out (he has to stay at his step dads house which doesn't allow him to have the kids overnight). I don't know what to do. I am having a party for her the next weekend which he isn't coming to, so half of me thinks I will just leave him to it on her birthday and I will have the party day. But I don't want her not to have a good birthday and also he will only get her one little present.

She will be 2 by the way.

Does anybody know a good solution?

Please?

When does he come down Saturday morning? How about he has her until mid afternoon, so he gives her a 'brithday lunch', and then you have her back from say 2/3pm for 'birthday tea'. He could then go back to his step dad's and return on Sunday to collect her again if that is what you normally do.

She's 2. I know it's hard for you but she won't really realise which day is her birthday this year. Maybe just do the birthday thing next weekend to make it special and think of all the birthdays you will get to do something special on the day itself which she will remember.

If you want her dad to do something special for her on the day is there a soft play centre near by you can point him at?