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Only 4 RSVPs out of 24 invites - WIBU to ask teachers to pop a reminder note in reading folders?

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DinoNuggetsRUs · 21/04/2025 11:28

My DS is in school nursery and it’s his 4th birthday on Saturday. I’ve booked out the community hall and hired a big bouncy castle and invited his whole class. I sent the invites out 2 weeks ago, so 3 weeks before the party with an RSVP date of Friday just gone.
So far, out of 24 invites, I’ve only had 4 RSVPs, and one of those was to say they’re at another party.
Theres no group chat (that I’m aware of), would I be being a pain in the arse to give the teachers a stack of notes to remind people to pop in reading folders? I appreciate teachers are not there to do my unpaid party admin but I’m dreading the thought of him only having 3 kids at his party when he’s mentioned some others by name he wants there who haven’t RSVPed.

Im wondering whether to buy a box of biscuits for the teachers as an offering for being a pest, or whether to just wait and see what happens on Saturday.

Its his first ever birthday party and he’s so excited and Im just envisioning him sat there sad that none of his pals have shown up.

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TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 26/04/2025 11:25

Good luck today!

JoanIsNotAwful · 26/04/2025 20:05

DinoNuggetsRUs · 23/04/2025 20:10

I’ll update on Saturday if someone reminds me as when it’s all over and done with I’ll most certainly be hitting the bottle :D

Hope it went well!

Gilmoregirlsobsessed · 28/04/2025 19:30

How did the party go? Just saw this thread and hope your son had the best party!

DinoNuggetsRUs · 29/04/2025 16:06

Update!
I didn’t send reminders, however, we go to soft play almost every week and I did invite some of the kids from there he plays with regularly as you usually get the same group in doing some work while their kids play on Saturday morning. We went during the week and saw a few familiar faces so I approached some of the parents, that was 3 additional children and 2 extra siblings.
so it ended up being
5 people from nursery (1 didn’t RSVP)
3 nursery siblings
3 people from soft play
2 soft play siblings
4 kids of friends

so wasn’t so bad! DS was beaming start to finish and had an absolutely fantastic time, but I’ll stick to to soft play or a trampoline park next year 😅

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Jazzyted · 29/04/2025 16:08

DinoNuggetsRUs · 29/04/2025 16:06

Update!
I didn’t send reminders, however, we go to soft play almost every week and I did invite some of the kids from there he plays with regularly as you usually get the same group in doing some work while their kids play on Saturday morning. We went during the week and saw a few familiar faces so I approached some of the parents, that was 3 additional children and 2 extra siblings.
so it ended up being
5 people from nursery (1 didn’t RSVP)
3 nursery siblings
3 people from soft play
2 soft play siblings
4 kids of friends

so wasn’t so bad! DS was beaming start to finish and had an absolutely fantastic time, but I’ll stick to to soft play or a trampoline park next year 😅

So glad it turned out well for you both ❤️

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