Re: RSVP (and pinatas)



"mom0f4boys" <momshea4@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:24b2d405-1e2d-4f20-bb9c-2a6464b0fefb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My youngest just turned 7, and he passed out 12 invitations at
school, about 2 weeks ago. Tomorrow is his party. I got 3
phonecalls..two kids who will be attending and one who is not able to
attend.
I have been psyching my son up, talking about how much fun we can
have with a very small party, and I know he will be happy with the
day. But it sure is aggravating to be left hanging by the other
people who did not respond! I bought enough favors and food for 10
kids, just in case.
Ha, I'm not worried about the food... anything that is extra will
be inhaled by my older boys. It's just the planning, and the worry
about my son's expectations. I will be glad if my son gets more than
the two confirmed guests tomorrow. It's rude to leave people hanging!

I had this problem in DD's class. Only one kid in her class came and no one else RSVP'd. Luckily, I had invited other children, as well. It's hit or miss with the class. I think it's better to invite people we know on a more personal basis.


Danny was adamant about having a pinata. We've done pinatas
before, and will continue to do them, but Damn..... don't pinatas
stink?! Maybe somewhere, sometime, there was a party where all the
children were reserved and polite, and quietly knelt down to take
their share of the goodies. Maybe. Usually there are problems:
*the psycho-agressive kid doing a full dive onto the pile to
get a hog share
* the shy kid who just stands there and breaks the hearts of
the onlooking adults
*two kids reaching for the same thing, and one of them gets
it, and the other cries

Once, when I was a younger mom with lingering 'Pollyanna'-type
beliefs, I packed a pinata with goodie bags, each with the same amount
of treats, and told the kids that they could each get one bag. They
were still psyched to break the pinata (I don't think they believed
me). When the pinata broke, and the goodie bags thudded to the
ground, they scrambled to collect the loot. We adults broke into
their fun: "One bag each!"
The kids looked at us like we were insane, and glumly passed
the bags around til everything was even. Man, what a fun-wrecking
idea!

I have never seen problems with pinatas. Usually, there is so much loot, even the shyest kids can get the tons of leftovers or out on the fringes (I.e, they get plenty of loot). Basically, prevent the problems you list by stuffing your pinata. The one bag per kid thing would be pretty disappointing to any kid. Might as well just hand it out like you would any goodie bag.

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