I have a lot of people I want to invite, but since my hubbys family is so big, I cant invite my friends. Do you think it is going overboard to have two parties, or just have one and not invite my friends?
2007-01-30 05:28:39 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I have a LOT of close freinds and family, I cant have friends and family, its either, a freinds party and a family party or just a family party.
2007-01-30 05:35:46 · update #1
I would really love to have a huuuuuuuge party, but I dont have a huuuuuuuge house and its cooooold outside brrrrr. :)
2007-01-30 05:39:47 · update #2
I would definitely say have 2 parties. One-year-olds normally get frustrated and fussy when there's a lot of people around, even if they're used to people. It will be a lot less stressful for your baby if you do 2 parties. So no, it's not going overboard!!! Have fun and happy b-day do your child.
2007-01-30 05:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Mommy of Isaiah & Kenzie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two choices I can see for you.
1 - Open house. Everyone invited to drop in between 12-8 on the birthday. Rotating guests, cupcakes throughout the day in stages for the birthday girl. Do have 10-12 as the party where you get 4 little ones over to bat on balloons and smush a real cake and have goody bags with things like playdoh and crackers in them! Tell guests that due to the space in your house they can plan on staying for 2 hours at the most. They will understand!
2 - Pool party!!! 10-2 on a Saturday, rent out the pool and pool side at a local hotel. Its not too expensive to rent the whole thing, relatives with kids will feel comfortable bringing them and EVERYONE can have fun. A one year old can go swimming for a bit too!! Little friends welcome to come swimming & parents can stay to supervise. One big birthday bash and your house isn't totalled either :P
2007-01-30 05:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by PinkPrincessNerd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just do family. Your baby doesn't know what's going on anyway. Wait until he's 3 or 4 to do a big party with friends and family.
2007-01-30 05:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stick with family. Do you really believe all your friends and coworkers want to attend a 1year-olds birthday party? Trust me - they're just being polite. Who are you trying to create a memory for? This party must be for you, because a 1 year old will never remember it. If you go overboard for the 1st birthday, how are you going to top it when s/he's 2...3...12...16...18?????
2007-01-31 08:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless your friends are really into kids' parties, I doubt they'd be offended by not being invited. Even though I have a kid myself, I've rarely enjoyed OTHER people's kids' parties! If someone does have a problem, just explain it to them!
With a child who's only 1 year old, many parents are going to want to attend, to keep an eye on their kid, so I'd trim the guest list down to a minimum.
When my son turned 3, we had a huge party in the blazing summer heat, and ALL the kids' parents turned up, ate most of the food and left without offering to clean up! They treated it like a block party!
If you DO intend to have parents come, either enlist a few volunteers, like friends or relatives and keep the moms & dads to a minimum. If they're dead set on being there, then tell them to bring food, unless you're REALLY into cooking and entertaining!
Especially w/relatives (like your husband's), it's not out of line to ask them to bring something for ADULTS to eat!
2007-01-30 05:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by SieglindeDieNibelunge 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-16 07:30:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A first birthday party is for the adults, junior won't remember anything - except what will be seen in photos. If you have enough $$ to throw two parties for your family and friends, by all means do. You have to decide what is important for you to experience...and your families/friends.
2007-01-30 05:41:13 · answer #7 · answered by Sweet Gran 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do two smaller parties. Your baby won't have a clue what all this is about, and too much fuss and bother will only upset him. Besides, unless your husband's family knows your friends, they'll all wander around and try to make polite small talk with someone they don't know, and you won't have time to visit with any of them because you'll be busy being host or watching Junior. With 2 parties, your husband can visit more with his family while you play host, and you can visit with your friends while your husband plays golf! (er, host. Yeah, that's what I meant!)
2007-01-30 05:40:01 · answer #8 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why can't you invite everyone? We had a huge party for my son when he was 1yr, it was great having everyone together and my son had a blast. You could have two party's but i may be a hassle, planning party's always takes a lot of time and money. We cooked for my boy's b-day and for a present my sis-n-law helped and bought the cake. Your friends may feel left out or feel that you didn't think about them. I'm sure you can think of something. good luck!
2007-01-30 05:35:10 · answer #9 · answered by Curious J. 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I thnk it's going overboard. Just invite less of his family; it's not your family's fault that he has a big family so why should they suffer? Besides, at the kid's age he probably won't even remember any of it when he's older anyway. There are always other birthdays.
2007-01-30 08:47:30 · answer #10 · answered by D.L. Miller 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋