DS is 4 on next birthday. Normally we hold a family party at my mum's house - we live in a v.small flat, and have a huge family - with a few friends and their children too. This year, DH's family are not getting on, and it doesn't seem right to have a family "do" for just my side. I decided to book a soft play centre party for DS, and just to have a few small tea parties for family.
However I am getting anxious about who to invite to the soft play party. I have realised that, although we have quite a lot of friends with children, they are our friends, rather than DS's - so, although he enjoys playing with them when we are together, not all of them can really be invited, eg quite a few are a few years older and probably won't want to come to a 4 year olds party! He is at pre-school, but I don't really know many of the parents well - although obviously DS has quite a few friends in the class, is it weird for me to invite them when I don't know the parents?!
I'm stressing because the minumum number is 10, and excluding any pre-school invites, I will be inviting 7 children of a similar age. DS has told me about 10 names from pre-school he wants to invite, but the pre-school groups is not a very social one, and I am worried about not getting enough guests!
I know this sounds ridiculous and I can't beleive I have written such a long post about a 4 year olds party!
Has anyone been in a similar situation?! Is it usual to invite pre-school classmates when you don't know the parents?