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!
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!
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