[dlhall]

My daughter had her first kid party this July when she turned 4. It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work! I felt like I needed to do it though since she had been invited to a lot of parties in the last year and she had been talking about what she would do at her party since January.

I had planned to follow the rule of the same # of kids as her age (so 4 kids), but then I had to invite siblings and return invites of parties she had gone to and before you know it, we had 8 kids, plus her, so 9 kids total. And then I found out later that I had hurt some feelings of some other friends and relatives because they weren't invited, but there was no way I could have handled more.

I'm a very organized person, so I had the party events set and activities planned for the entire two hours they were here, but nine was probably too many kids. Next year, we're going to find a way to make it less. (She's already talking about what she wants to do next year!)

If you're daughter is not expecting or planning on a kid party, I'd hold off another year, but if you do decide to have a party keep it small!

Liz