How much is too much?
A moment I've been dreading for almost four years has now arrived. It is less than two months until TB's fourth birthday.
It's not the marking of time that I'm dreading, but more the celebration of it. The party.
In the past we've managed to get away with family affairs. What better for a small child to be surrounded by good food and doting family members bearing large quantities of gifts. But now he's at school, and all his friends are having birthday parties, it seems this era has come to an end. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and organise a kids birthday party.
Our first problem is a venue. As children, our parties nearly always took place (in part or in their entirity) in our house. We didn't have an overly large house, but it was big enough to hold 30 screaming kids for a few hours of games and food. Well our flat can barely contain ten seated adults, so 20 to 30 kids is most definately out of the question. It also appears that Wimbledon doesn't have too many of these venues.
The next problem is cost, i.e. we don't have any money. Of the venues I have found, the prices seem to be anything between £12 and £17 per child. I'm a little vague on exactly how many kids there are in Tommy's class, but even ten seems to cost a lot at those prices, many of which don't include food.
The best I've found so far (which is starting to look like the most attractive option) is the wacky warehouse. At £5.99 a kid, it's a bargain in comparison to everywhere else, and seems to include absolutely everything I could think of (or more likely, forget).
Of course all this assumes that the boy will be back at school by then.
It's not the marking of time that I'm dreading, but more the celebration of it. The party.
In the past we've managed to get away with family affairs. What better for a small child to be surrounded by good food and doting family members bearing large quantities of gifts. But now he's at school, and all his friends are having birthday parties, it seems this era has come to an end. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and organise a kids birthday party.
Our first problem is a venue. As children, our parties nearly always took place (in part or in their entirity) in our house. We didn't have an overly large house, but it was big enough to hold 30 screaming kids for a few hours of games and food. Well our flat can barely contain ten seated adults, so 20 to 30 kids is most definately out of the question. It also appears that Wimbledon doesn't have too many of these venues.
The next problem is cost, i.e. we don't have any money. Of the venues I have found, the prices seem to be anything between £12 and £17 per child. I'm a little vague on exactly how many kids there are in Tommy's class, but even ten seems to cost a lot at those prices, many of which don't include food.
The best I've found so far (which is starting to look like the most attractive option) is the wacky warehouse. At £5.99 a kid, it's a bargain in comparison to everywhere else, and seems to include absolutely everything I could think of (or more likely, forget).
Of course all this assumes that the boy will be back at school by then.
posted by vic at 18:29
1 Comments:
This is why I did ST's party at home this year. I know it's the last year I'll get away with it - we don't know that many people and I knew he won't really remember this year. Next year will be another matter. Good luck!
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