My daughter has started in reception class this year. It seems a lovely school and parents all seem friendly enough.
We've already been invited to a whole class party at a local sofyplay centre. It was absolute carnage! So loud, boys screaming and banging on the food table, running up slides and just generally being boys but so so loud. I know they are only 4/5 years old but I wouldn't have put up with this from my boys ( I have 2 boys so I know how they can be).
My daughter is very sensitive when is comes to noise but she loved that she was invited to the party. She did get upset a couple of times and I found her covering her ears as the noise was just too much and she asked to leave early.
It got me thinking about when her birthday comes around and I think she would prefer a more quieter setting, a bit more chilled but still the fun factor, maybe a bouncy castle.
AIBU to just invite girls from her class (all of the girls)? I was thinking like an afternoon tea set up with some crafts and a bouncy castle, dancing and pass the parcel. I like the idea of traditional birthday parties rather then just hiring a softplay and the kids just running riot. I don't want her party to be ruined for her with the noise and boisterousness of boys.
I totally get that some children are louder than others but I know my daughter just would enjoy it if there was that level of noise and i'd be in no position to ask them to " be quiet" at a kids party!.