I had the birthday cake, banner, balloons and presents all set up in one of my rooms. Upon opening the game a couple days ago, I grabbed the mom and dropped her by the table in the kitchen to prepare a meal. Before she could get the meal finished the family had a birthday party. I had to grab mom again to make the meal and they had another party before the meal could be finished. I grabbed the mom 4 times to make a meal and 4 times the family had a birthday party before the meal could be finished. I got rid of all the birthday stuff. Finally a meal got made and they ate it. Don't think I will put the birthday stuff back. Seemed like while I had it, all they did was have parties every 3 or 4 minutes. That is crazy.