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Parents Rally to Give a Four-Year-Old a Birthday Party his Friends Abandoned

Organising your childโ€™s Birthday party can be a daunting, yet exciting task. When your child starts to understand what their Birthday is all about, mums usually go all out to put on a party for their child.

Thatโ€™s what Rachelle Briannan did for her four-year-old son Taenon.

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Image via Rachelle Briannan Facebook

Ms Briannan invited 12 of her sonโ€™s closest friends to his party and some failed to show up to the party or RSVP to the invite.

The single mum was heartbroken for her son and wrote a post to the Midnight Mums Facebook page on Sunday.

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โ€œSo Iโ€™m sitting in my room quietly crying,โ€ Ms Briannan wrote.

โ€œMy son just turned four and this is the first time heโ€™s really understood the whole party with friends thing.

โ€œMy heart is literally broken for him!

โ€œWhat the hell can I do to make this up to him?โ€

The members on the motherโ€™s group Facebook page rallied together and organized a celebration at a McDonaldโ€™s restaurant in Melbourneโ€™s north-east suburb of Eltham. A total of 30 children and 20 parents gathered to celebrate Taenonโ€™s Birthday so he would have a party to remember.

Image via Midnight Mums Facebook
Image via Midnight Mums Facebook

Veronicaโ€™s Party Supplier gave number four shaped balloons for the children to enjoy and the local Nillumbuk SES brought their trucks along so the kids could tour the rescue vehicles.

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Ms Briannan was astonished by the generosity of the mums and Taenon got the best Birthday party a four-year-old could ask for.

The Midnight Mums Facebook page has since received countless support from others online wishing the little Taenon a Happy Birthday.

Well done to the parents that helped Taenon celebrate his Birthday. A cruel response from others was turned into kindness from strangers.

Rebecca Senyard

Rebecca Senyard

Rebecca Senyard is a plumber by day and stylist by night but these days she changes more nappies than washers. She is a happily married mum to three young daughters who she styles on a regular basis. Rebecca is not only an award winning plumber, she also writes an award winning blog called The Plumbette where she shares her life experiences as a plumber and mother. Rebecca also blogs at Styled by Bec believing a girl can be both practical and stylish. Links to the blogs are http://www.theplumbette.com.au and http://www.styledbybec.com.au/blog