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Originally posted by Trepidation_Mom
I've only been once, and I didn't think it was that horrible - but I was all full of that "I never see my kid running around" latent guilt, so the image of him racing around on a sugar rush was sentimentalized. And, the pizza wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting, just hilariously overpriced. However, Trepidation Dad considered it a lower circle of hell, so we won't be going back.
Anyway, it always seemed a lot less trouble to me to have kiddie parties at home. You control the munchies, alcohol, quality of the other guests ... why would anyone go to the trouble of arranging something out? Supervising someone else just makes more work. (Or maybe I'm just frustrated with the jr. associates today.)
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Totally disagree on the having parties at home thing.
I did this last year. The Brazenette objected to just about anyone playing with her toys. The Brazen-hounds found it distressing having all those folks in the house, and even more distressing that they were expected not to eat the nachos right off the coffee table.
This year the party is at a local kids' art museum. There's an arts and crafts project, a face painter, chicken fingers and cake. I do not feel compelled to invite anyone whose child does not play or attend school with the Brazenette. I do not feel compelled to provide any adult beverages or edibles. The party will end promptly at its stated time. I do not have to clean up.
This sounds like perfection to me.
