Hi all,
Just wanted a bit of advice re ds's upcoming 5th party.
He is having a football party and the coach can accommodate 15 children. My ds has invited 5 out-of-school friends, himself of course and that leaves 9 places. In his class there are 15 other boys and he has chosen 9 from the 15.
7 were a given-consistently mentioned by son etc and in his close group of friends (although he was not invited to 2 of their parties-he changed school in feb so whether that was a factor in this I don't know -it was a couple of months ago now.I feel I dealt with it maturely-even saying to one of the mum's that I was sure another mum would understand not everyone could be invited-we didn't discuss the fact ds hadn't been invited).
When I said he only had 2 places left and I listed the names of the remaining 8 children he kept saying the same 2 names. Is it acceptable to invite 9 and leave out the other 6? I don't want to upset anyone (mums or kids) but simply can't invite any more. Of the 6:
2 I don't know what they look like,
1 I know the mum but the boys don't seem to play together
2 are best friends and invited my son to their parties (don't think they were 'whole-class' parties, both let me bring my youngest as dh was working -1 was a house party so no extra cost, 2nd was soft play and I paid for her) so I feel particularly bad about not inviting their son's, especially as I sometimes say hi to them at the school gates. My son consistently says no when I ask if he wants me to invite them.
The other 1 I know what he looks like and ds mentions him sometimes but I don't know the mum.
I asked my son is he wished we could invite everyone and he said no that he was happy with who he was inviting. I don't have all the mum's numbers so was going to ask the teacher to put the invites in the boys' book bags. I know throughout the year there have been some part-class parties-some he has been invited to, others not,and some whole-class parties.
What do you think?
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Rosvita · 15/06/2013 17:07
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