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Birthday party WWYD

luckygirl0818luckygirl0818
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Christians birthday is on Dec18. I am due Dec 19. We ate planning a party for C the weekend before his B-day because of this. I don't want to do the party at he, so we are considering the Museum of Natural Sciences. The problem is they only allow 12 kids (including the b-day kid) to attend. C is in preschool and he attends 5 days a week. He has 12 kids in M-W-F and 12 different kids in the T-TH class. Would it be rude to either a) invite only kids from M-W-F or b) only invite some kids--the ones C plays with the most? I've called the museum, and I'm waiting fir a call-back to see if they can accommodate extra kids and what the cost wil be, but I want a backup plan. Also. If you have ant ideas for a birthday party for 3-4 year olds, I'd love some!! We have been to 3 jump parties, so I don't want to one of those....
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Re: Birthday party WWYD

  • MrsHughesNCMrsHughesNC member

    Holly will only be 2, but we're doing My Gym this year. I took her to a class on Saturday and she loved it. Our second option was Marbles. The Town of Cary also has some b'day party packages that looked cute.

    I know what you mean about the daycare issue. We also want to invite all of Holly's classmates (7) since they're her best friends, plus a couple of kids who used to be in her class but moved up (3) then our friends and their kids, then family... and, well, you get the idea. I was bound and determined to not go crazy on expensive b'day parties, but there's also no way I could have 20+ toddlers and everyone else in my house! So.. once again, I'm eating my words. :)

    ETA: To answer your question about DC--of course it's not a written rule that you HAVE to invite all the kids, but it seems customary at our school, at least. Then again, we have half the kids to consider with only 7 others in her class. If you're going to go all out, I'd say invite them all. If you want to keep it small--I'd go ahead and choose the ones he's really close with. I'd just be worried about hurting feelings, but then again, I always over-worry about stuff like that!



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  • luckygirl0818luckygirl0818
    MRSH-- I worry about hurt feelings as well. Most of the kids in his class have SAHMs and they are uber-involved in the day to day at preschool. My H is the SAHD, so he is already the different one. I don't want us to end up being the 'black sheep' at his school. Part of me feels that if we were at C's old school it would be easier since the parents wouldn't be IN class with the kids when they get the invite, and there wouldn't be much gossip about the kids/parents in his class. I'm going to check into the Town of Cary, though. We can't afford hundreds, but I also don't want to worry about going into labor while actively trying to entertain kids....or have to take care of a newborn while getting a birthday party ready for my kid. I just want to pay someone to do it.
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  • MRSGOLABONTEMRSGOLABONTE
    There are a few kids Katie has been with since day one of that daycare, so we invited them to her party. We didn't invite her entire class [12 kids in her class now]

    Katie, Duke Gardens, 6months

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    Zach, Duke Gardens, 6months

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    Photo courtesy from the amazing Ever You Photography!

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