WWYD - Birthday Party Related

Ciarrai · April 2010

Ugh - So I've been planning DD#1's birthday party for a while now. I'm trying to coordinate it with DS's baptism b/c my parents and brother and his gf are coming into town for that so they can come for both. Well, I just got an evite from one of DD's classmates to her birthday party on the same day and same time I was planning on. It's still over a month away so I hadn't sent out invites or anything yet. Totally not mad at her, just frustrated with myself. But DD#1 really wants to invite her whole class and I don't want the kids to have to pick which party to go to (or the moms). Anyway, WWYD - Move the party to the same day in the morning? Move the party to another weekend when my parents aren't here?

FWIW - We were just going to do it at a Bounce House place so it's not a big deal to have my parents here to help. DD#1 was just excited about them coming and they came for DD#2's birthday party so it made sense... Plus it's always nice to have an extra pair of hands (or a few extras) for birthday parties.

4Speedy · April 2010

Honestly, since the invites are already out for the other party, I would change the date of yours. I would imagine that any of your DD's friends who don't already have plans will have RSVP'd "yes" to the other party long before they even get your invite. I doubt if many of DD's friends would make it to her party.

I would have a nice family dinner with a cake in honor of your DD's burthday while your parents are in town. Have the bounce place party another weekend and get some friends/other parents to help out.

MrsStubbs · April 2010

I would just get a small birthday cake for the baptism and celebrate both just with the family. ETA: and then just have her friend party on a different day.

npeacock · April 2010

I would throw a family b-day party when your parents and bro/his gf will be in town. A few streamers, a cake, and that's a party!

Have the friend party the weekend after. That way, your DD gets to have them there for her party, and she gets to have a friend party too!

elm1032004 · April 2010

I would change the date for yours so your DD can invite her class. The weekend that your parents are up I would do something special with them, have a cake, sing happy birthday etc. That way she still gets a special little party with her grandparents and can invite her friends to her party as well.

jlw2505 · April 2010

I run into this issue every year as my DD has a few friends who all have birthdays within a few weeks of each other and Father's Day is right in the middle plus all the other June events that people plan around. Last year, one of her best friends sent the invites out for the same day/time so I went ahead and moved DD's party to the next day (Sat and Sun). It was a fun weekend and the kids loved seeing so much of each other. This year, I emailed the one mom (the other's kids have either had their parties the next weekend or not done them) who we had the conflict with (we are all friends and see each other out of school) and mentioned when we were doing the party. I already did this and the party is not until Mid June but you need to book some places far out. Anyway, my DD's party is on the day of the other little girls birthday but it was our only option for a few reasons. We are doing the party in the morning and the other mom was going to try and do her DD's that afternoon or the next day. Hopefully the kids will come to both and it won't be an issue. My DD's party is from 10-12 (with lunch) and last year, she did her party from 3-5 so it really would be fine and would still allow for naps that still nap.

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