To ask what your wedding day looked like?

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Time wise... especially if you had children!
What was your itinerary for the day?

We got married at 12. Venue for 1 o’clock until 5 (I think). Then night started at 7.

Lunch at a cafe, service at 3, photos, meal in hotel at 6, kids in bed by half 8, us in bed by 10. Small relaxed wedding, us, kids, close family.

Ahh and 2 dds.

Those with children, did they get ready with you? Or did they get minded by someone else?

Married at 3
Dinner at 5
Party til late
All in PIL back garden so no travelling required.
Home by 11.30
Tea, bed, sleep.

Didn’t have children of our own , but had lots of guests with children
Church wedding at 11am ,( too early , looking back , but it was a long time ago , and things have changed )
Late lunch at about 3 , then evening party
We left in floods of tears at about 10 , the rest is a haze of happiness

Mine were 1 and 3 yo at the time.
We all got ready at home, I sorted their clothes the night before and DH got them ready in the living room while I was upstairs getting my makeup done.
11am ceremony
11.30am photos in the park/outside the building
12pm walked to the restaurant we hired out
3pm home to pack.
My sister stayed at my house that night and watched kids while DH and I went to a hotel for the night.
Not everyone’s cup of tea but that was long enough for me and the kids.

Got married in church at 4pm, had some photos at the Church. Walked to the reception venue (just a few mins away) and arrived at 5.15ish. Guests had canapés while we had photos.

Speeches 6.00 - 6.40

Cake cutting and dinner 7pm

Dancing etc from 9

Carriages 1am

Married in church at 2pm

Wedding breakfast at 5pm

Evening buffet at 8.30pm

The dc were with dh so the first I saw them was in the church.

Wedding at 2pm. Drinks and exploring the venue (a museum type place) and then early meal at 5 or so, but had canapés before that, and then crepes and ice creams/hot chocolates/coffee for evening food from 8pm. 20+ kids came to our reception. Some left at around 6.30 or so after the meal, others stayed on and stayed up for the early part of the music etc from 7ish. We did goody bags for the kids - colouring books, sweets, bubbles, stickers and puzzles, to try and keep them entertained, but our venue was very child friendly anyway, we even had a miniature railway running for a couple of hours for train rides (adults also loved this!!). I loved having kids there, it really made for a lovely day!

Dh had the kids at his parents for the night. But on the down side by the time we got married the boys were filthy and tired (14.00)

Sorry was meant to add
Woke at 8
Hair and make up started at 9.30
Taxi picked us up at 12.30
Got to the venue for to early 😁

V quick ceremony in restaurant on beach. 6pm, then sunset drinks. Dinner at same venue.
Babysitter at venue, babies( family) slept in their buggies, older kids (4/5) fell asleep too. Separate area, but just up a couple of steps

It rained. Heavily. I think it was an omen.

Breakfast & Showers 8.00am
Hair & Make ups 10.00am
Get into dress & photos 12.00pm
Leave mums 1.40pm
Church ceremony 2.00pm
Coach 2.45pm
Drinks reception 3.15pm
Dinner 5.00pm
Evening reception 7.00pm
First Dance 8.00pm
Buffet out 9.00pm
End of night 1.00am

(Then we went next door and danced til 4am ).

We had a pretty relaxed morning as we didn't have far to travel and I got 2 hair dresses and make up artists so we could get done quicker as I didn't want to get up at the crack of dawn and be in a rush.

We did some posed photos when guests were at drinks reception but we tried to keep the number of posed photos down as we wanted to enjoy our day and mingle with guests.

I got pregnant with our ds 8 weeks after the wedding so can't comment on what I'd have done with kids

Wedding at 12. Husband stayed at brothers with our boys and got them ready, I had our girls. Wedding then just went on all day , very chilled and relaxed with buffet so no set times to eat or sit etc. Had bubbles, bouncy castle,giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 and a table with colouring books and pencils to keep all the children amused ( gorgeous summers day so wedding was outside). Children were still dancing at midnight!

All guests had lunch together in the sunshine then got ready and made our way to the church for 4pm. Back to the hotel for dinner, no photographs, no speeches. Repaired to the pub for a knees up til the wee hours and then did much the same (bar the ceremony) the next day. No kids invited, we didn't know many close enough to be invited.

Married at 4, canapés at 5 (there was a live grill station too, so tons of food), photos while people ate, dinner at 7.30, speeches in between courses, probably finished eating at 9.30 & first dance. Cheese & dessert buffet table laid out. First guests left at 12.30 and the last at 6am. We went to bed at 4am & up at 7 for our honeymoon!

We gathered our wedding party at 7am 😂 married at 11am and and a reception party at around 3pm

No kids, small wedding (20 friends and family) in local church, then walked to lunch in the local bistro/pub just a minute down the road. All sat round a big table. Was perfect and no fuss, no stress

We have 2 kids, got married last year when they were just turned 2 and almost 5. Itinerary went like this:

Ceremony :2.30pm
My parents stayed at out house night before wedding, about 30 minutes drive from the venue. I stayed at the hotel where we were getting married and had a meal with bridesmaids and other guests who were staying at the hotel the night before. DH stayed with his family close to our home.
DH picked up kids on his way to the wedding venue on the day. They ate lunch and then came up to my parents room around 12.30pm. Other people got them dressed and they played with their cousins (also flower girls and page boys).
During the meal they sat on the kids table which was just offset from our round top table.
6.30pm: we hired our neighbour who is a nanny to collect the kids. She took them home to our house and slept overnight with them. We returned the next day by midday.

It was great because we could enjoy the evening and so could family.

No children.
Morning coffee with our families.
Finish flowers for reception and inflate balloons.
Put wine in ice.

2:30 pm service
4:00pm ish to reception, drinks canapés. Photos.
5:30pm approx Wedding breakfast.
6:30 speeches
7:00 band arrived. Cake.
7:30 Ceilidh started.
10:30 wedding supper
12:30 We left for overnight hotel.
01:30 band departed. Taxi service for guests not staying on site.

12 pm service (was a long one!)
1pm to reception for drinks and a LOT of canapés to keep people going whilst we did photos until 3pm.
Games out side.
3pmish Wedding breakfast.
5pm speeches
Which were about an hour.
6pm games inside and outside /chill out.
7pm band.
8.30 disco

9pm evening food (I think)
12:30 /1am venue closed

Park run at 8 am. Makeup and hair at 11 am. Photos at 1 pm. Ceremony at 4 pm. Joust at 5:30. Reception started at 6 pm.

Wedding at 11am (no children of our own)
Sit down lunch 12.30 until around 4.pm
Home for 3hours ( I wanted the break)
Evening party 7.30-12
Looking back this suited us and our guests to not have the afternoon reception merge into the night do. My dad was terminally ill. I don't see anyone do it that way now but it seemed normal 24 years ago and I was grateful for that quiet time.