Hello, I have recently got engaged and we are looking to get married next year.
We will be getting married abroad and having an evening reception when we come back. My fiance's friends like to drink alot and to avoid everyone getting too pissed to quickly I was going to have a buffet, chicken jacket potatoes etc, at around 9 to give them all a break. However I am a nanny and I babysit for alot of local families. I would love for all the children I look after to come, but is 9 too late for them? Am I being unreasonable to just invite the parents? They have all been very kind to me over the last year when I have been going through a rough patch, and all though I have now moved away from them, I still go round for lunch and coffee when I am back.
Should I invite the children and just give them all a little party bag at 7ish with fruit bags, bubble, treats etc in? And assume the families won't be staying to eat? Or should I move the meal to 8? Or say on the invitation 'I would love for you all to make it, however if it is too late for the children we would love it if you could still make it.' The youngest child will be 2 and the rest will be 4+.
TIA.