My younger son’s birthday is coming up and he wants a party with his friends. He will be 6 and never had a party. His older brother had parties from age 3 although now he’s older is just a few friends. At that point we had two good incomes but now on my own and this year had been very stressful financially.
Soft plays etc are so expensive. Looked into a local hall but need to do all the set up/clean up within a short period which is tricky with one parent and again it’s not exactly cheap.
Am I crazy got inviting his little group of friends to my home? There would be 9 inc him and his brother. I have a garden but in Scotland so weather unreliable even in April. We’ve only been to one house party but the parents very wealthy and went way out with entertainment, face paining etc. Realistically we can’t afford entertainment so it’d be me and Alexa doing the entertainment, chatting to parents and doing small buffet (preparing in advance).
Does that sound crap? Feel kids are so used to big ticket stuff now. Dont want to embarrass him. He doesn’t seem to care though.