Well it had to happen one day and here it is, the birthday party dilema.
Skylar’s 4th birthday is coming up soon and time to think about having a party. Now over the past 3 years its been pretty easy – family and a couple of her friends. But this year something new has been added to the equation – School. Who do you invite from school? Do I invite the whole class, being 23 kids, or do I just invite the kids she plays with and a couple of her other friends.
Saturday we head off to our first party of the year so I guess I could see then who got invited. Plus there is another one in May. Or alternatively I could just ring one of the mum’s and ask her what the ‘done’ thing is.
My gut feel is not to invite the whole class as there are some kids I think she doesn’t play with. I’m sure its really not that hard and I should just make a decision. Invite all or just a few.
Another thing how do you keep 23 kids occupied for a couple of hours. I know I was chatting to my nail technician on Saturday and she said her daughter was at a party and they had hired a Magician! I’m thinking pass the parcel and musical chairs. That’s it!! LOL
Oh well I’m sure I’ll work something out.
JN
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Hi Nicki!
I know your dilemma. I just had my first real birthday party for my six year old. Although we had it at Hungry Jack's which made it a LOT easier!
He didn't invite everyone in his kindy class – about 13 out of 20 kids. I actually set a limit of ten kids from school but when we were handing out the invitations a couple of kids came and asked me if they could come too. (what could I say…of course I said yes!)
On the day there were seventeen kids (three were his brothers and two cousins) so 11 kids turned up from school.
And boy … I was glad we were at Hungry jacks because 17 excited children are very hard to control. (at one point I seriously thought we'd lost someone)
Anyway good luck….and make sure you enlist as many mothers as you can to help you out. You'll need it!!
Becky
Nooooo!!! She's not that old already, is she?