It is my ds 5th birthday party in a couple of weeks and we have gone all out. We have hired a bouncy castle and also have a friend doing face painting. My ds and his friends however do not know this as it is a surprise. We have created a pirate and princess party theme and have themed everything for this. I have put a lot of effort into everything including the invites which went out 2 weeks ago. My ds and I made all the invites and had great fun doing it. They were messages in a bottle filled with sand and shells, we made enough for his whole class as he wanted to invite everyone and at this age plays with everyone so couldn't cut anyone out.
We have sent out 29 invites and I know that a lot of these won't come as is always the way but I have only have 5 responces be it a yes or a no. So that leaves 24 people that haven't replied. The RSVP date is the end of this week and I am unsure I will get these in by then. I was speaking to a friend whos dd is in my ds class and she said that they had a few responces and most of the people just turned up without replying. This makes me nervous as I don't want to buy that many party boxes and only have the 5 children turn up (preparing for the worst).
I was thinking about writing a not to go out next week to the children that hadn't replied to ask the parents to let me know, a kind of reminder but I am unsure about this as I don't want to be seen as pushy or rude by doing this.
Has any one else had this problem? I am after some advice as what do do so any andswers would be gread. Thanks.
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Marvin6418 · 14/05/2013 15:56
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