Sorry for this being so long.......
My ds will be turning 3 in a couple of weeks and I really want to have a party for him. The problem is, since I am now at home with him and not in DC he doesn't have any friends his own age that I can invite. I was thinking of having just a play date type of a party and inviting a few friends of my 5yr old to go bowling with us. All the kids' parents know my 3yr old and he knows all of the kids from picking my 5yr old up at school and also from other birthdays that he has attended with his big brother.
I have mentioned to the parents wanting to have a play date "party" just to be able to celebrate with other children but I also told them that I did not want them to have to bring birthday gifts for my son as the party will be after his actual birthday and because I just don't feel right having them buy gifts for him as their kids are not really friends with my little guy. They said they liked the idea of getting the kids together. I originally told them I hadn't figured out what I wanted to do yet but that it might be at my house.
Now here's my problem.... Normally if it is just a play date and you are meeting a friend for roller skating or the movies or whatever, everyone pays their own share. Bowling is the only thing I can think of that all the kids can do together where I can still bring my own cake, have a "party" and get a bunch of kids together to do something fun... without having to book an expensive party at some place like Chuck E. Cheese. Is there a tactful way to let parents know that I want them to pay for their own kids' bowling? (no way can I pay $16 a person for 2 hours!)
I really would like to have the party at my house but I feel like my little one would be left out of all the playing. I'm afraid all the "big kids" would stick together. :confused:
My ds will be turning 3 in a couple of weeks and I really want to have a party for him. The problem is, since I am now at home with him and not in DC he doesn't have any friends his own age that I can invite. I was thinking of having just a play date type of a party and inviting a few friends of my 5yr old to go bowling with us. All the kids' parents know my 3yr old and he knows all of the kids from picking my 5yr old up at school and also from other birthdays that he has attended with his big brother.
I have mentioned to the parents wanting to have a play date "party" just to be able to celebrate with other children but I also told them that I did not want them to have to bring birthday gifts for my son as the party will be after his actual birthday and because I just don't feel right having them buy gifts for him as their kids are not really friends with my little guy. They said they liked the idea of getting the kids together. I originally told them I hadn't figured out what I wanted to do yet but that it might be at my house.
Now here's my problem.... Normally if it is just a play date and you are meeting a friend for roller skating or the movies or whatever, everyone pays their own share. Bowling is the only thing I can think of that all the kids can do together where I can still bring my own cake, have a "party" and get a bunch of kids together to do something fun... without having to book an expensive party at some place like Chuck E. Cheese. Is there a tactful way to let parents know that I want them to pay for their own kids' bowling? (no way can I pay $16 a person for 2 hours!)
I really would like to have the party at my house but I feel like my little one would be left out of all the playing. I'm afraid all the "big kids" would stick together. :confused:
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