loeylo
1DD, 1 pup, WTT#2
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Okay I'm going to sound stupid here buy I'm stressing about Gracies first birthday (how can she be one in 5 weeks?!)
Do these ideas sound okay? Her birthday is a Saturday which may influence your answer!
Idea 1- immediate family only, evening to night do in our house. Approx 15 guests, simple buffet and cake, Gracie can go to bed whenever (usually 10:30ish) and guests can stay later. We would provide drink for guests. Our house is a short taxi ride from all guests or they can obviously drive. We would be very pushed for space.
Idea 2- wider family and close family friends and immediate friendship groups, approx 50 guests. Hire a hall from 7pm-1am (standard hall hire times) - hall allows byob and buffet which can be heated in their kitchen (family members have food hygiene certs as required) - hall holds up to 60 and has soft play. Approx 5-6 kids aged 6m-10y. We wouldn't bother with DJ, take own music and speakers.
Idea 3 - local pub, cornered off area, need to order from food menu and pay bar prices for drinks, children to be out by 9pm. No charge for exclusive use of area.
Now, I'm not saying our families are big drinkers, but we do like to have a few glasses of wine for special occasions. Is it tacky to have wine at a babies birthday party in a hall, even if there are hardly any kids going and the kids are all family? Is it unheard of to have a babies birthday in the evening? - she would probably go home with her grandparents afterwards as my parents are due back from holiday that day, hence we can't have the event earlier in the day.
I spoke to the hall and they were okay with it as technically it isn't really a kids birthday party since it is almost all adults, they described it as a "family gathering" which tbh is all we really want. I'm not doing characters or anything.
Am I overthinking it? If we had a larger house it would be fine, but the only house which could maybe fit everyone is my parents, and that means turning people down and cutting our guestlists.
I'm quite stressed as you can maybe tell!
Do these ideas sound okay? Her birthday is a Saturday which may influence your answer!
Idea 1- immediate family only, evening to night do in our house. Approx 15 guests, simple buffet and cake, Gracie can go to bed whenever (usually 10:30ish) and guests can stay later. We would provide drink for guests. Our house is a short taxi ride from all guests or they can obviously drive. We would be very pushed for space.
Idea 2- wider family and close family friends and immediate friendship groups, approx 50 guests. Hire a hall from 7pm-1am (standard hall hire times) - hall allows byob and buffet which can be heated in their kitchen (family members have food hygiene certs as required) - hall holds up to 60 and has soft play. Approx 5-6 kids aged 6m-10y. We wouldn't bother with DJ, take own music and speakers.
Idea 3 - local pub, cornered off area, need to order from food menu and pay bar prices for drinks, children to be out by 9pm. No charge for exclusive use of area.
Now, I'm not saying our families are big drinkers, but we do like to have a few glasses of wine for special occasions. Is it tacky to have wine at a babies birthday party in a hall, even if there are hardly any kids going and the kids are all family? Is it unheard of to have a babies birthday in the evening? - she would probably go home with her grandparents afterwards as my parents are due back from holiday that day, hence we can't have the event earlier in the day.
I spoke to the hall and they were okay with it as technically it isn't really a kids birthday party since it is almost all adults, they described it as a "family gathering" which tbh is all we really want. I'm not doing characters or anything.
Am I overthinking it? If we had a larger house it would be fine, but the only house which could maybe fit everyone is my parents, and that means turning people down and cutting our guestlists.
I'm quite stressed as you can maybe tell!