Oh yes. PSA. Serve alcohol at your kids bday

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Parties. And also, hot food.

Unless they're drop off parties.

I took ds to a party for his preschool bestie.

There was princess shit plastered floor to ceiling. She had custom felt chair covers made for her dining room set that were shaped and decorated like crowns. There were pink baloon columns.

I knew no one. I chatted with strangers holding bottles of "princess water" and eating cold cuts for two hours, and then politely refused a sparkly slice of cake covered in completely unappealing fondant.

A fucking mimosa would have helped.

[Doc_Lobster]

Or some ribs.

[Bonita]

Oh My! :-|

[speckledfrog]

But were there favors?

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Fondant, blech.
That sounds like a sucky party to sit through as an adult.

[eb777888]

That's annoying. Super annoying.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

I'm so glad I have a boy.

And alcohol is always available at Casa de Destroyer.

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Jan 7, 2013 23:31:27 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

But were there favors?

Yes. But for some reason Payne stuck the whole bag in the fridge when he got home and i haven't looked in it yet. Heh heh.

[sewpinkgal]

I'm honestly not sure we'd know how to have a party without at least offering beer and wine to the adults. :/

[emsumm]

I've always (for 2 years, lol) served alcohol and good food at my girls' parties. Kids don't give a shit what they eat anyway...half the time they don't even eat at all. Their parents, on the other hand, do. Last time I catered Pita Inn, it was so good and I was seriously proud of my idea

[SKP82]

I have been to one party for a child in the past 10 years (it was recently when I was visiting a friend who has a child) and I was so thankful there was beer and pizza. It's the parents who are judging the parties, people, NOT THE KIDS!!

[VillainV]

"Princess Water" Please God don't turn me into a person who serves "princess water" to adults when I have kids. Or ever.

[SKP82]

Jan 8, 2013 0:23:29 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

We're having his bday party at a park and I don't believe we're allowed to serve liquor. I'm trying to make up for it by having good food.

Liquor doesn't equal all alcohol. Can you serve beer and wine? If not, I'm sure if there is delicious *adult* food during the day, you will be forgiven.

[SKP82]

Jan 8, 2013 0:28:15 GMT -5 VillainV said:

"Princess Water" Please God don't turn me into a person who serves "princess water" to adults when I have kids. Or ever.

:Y:

[dochas]

We have parties in our house, get a tent, have the kids on one side and let the adults have the other. We serve great food and have wine and beer. And parents breeze in and out whenever they feel like it. Yet some filthy jungle house, scheduled during nap time is treated as sacred. No one misses the start time, no one leaves early. There is no food and nothing to drink, yet they fall all over themselves to get there. Becoming a parent has not helped to understand people AT ALL.

[cuddlyevil]

Why would you put fondant on a kids birthday cake? My kids are adventurous, but not that much.

FWIW, if the party is at our house, there is always booze available and a separate room (the same location as the beer fridge) for people to hang out if the kids running around gets to be too much.

[lilafowler]

Booze is necessary for adults having to attend a child's birthday party. To be honest I can't think of any party that doesn't require booze-except maybe a party for someone celebrating sobriety.

[Deleted]

We just have people over to our house much like a "normal" party, with appropriate food and drinks for the time of day. Payne's 2nd bday we had mimosas, fruit, and kolaches. For dd's first we had beer, bourbon and sodas, and heavy hot apps.

Dh and I have a tradition of making their cakes, too.

I don't decorate for their parties. I think it's cute when people do, but it's just not my thing.

[eddy]

You know I am a big supporter of the booze. But when we have parties they normally are people I don't know (people from Jack's preschool) and also all the parents are much older than us and super serious. I feel like we are already so different then the rest if I broke out a case of beer at our party it would get awkward and it would confirm we were babies raising babies. It is a shame really.

I have also never been to a kid party that did have booze. I need new friends.

[livinitup]

Does this include 10-11:30 am at a Bounce House?

I was going to serve coffee and bagels/donuts (DD Box of Joe) for the adulds, even though, last year no one drank the coffee or ate the bagels.

Alcohol is weird, right?

[hisno1girl]

Jan 8, 2013 0:23:29 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

We're having his bday party at a park and I don't believe we're allowed to serve liquor. I'm trying to make up for it by having good food.

You can hide lots of alcohol in punch

[eddy]

Jan 8, 2013 9:05:38 GMT -5 livinitup said:

Does this include 10-11:30 am at a Bounce House?

I was going to serve coffee and bagels/donuts (DD Box of Joe) for the adulds, even though, last year no one drank the coffee or ate the bagels.

Alcohol is weird, right?

I bet bounce house doesn't allow booze. When we have hosted at outside kid places they always have in their contract that it isn't allowed.

[pantsparty]

Jan 8, 2013 0:23:29 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

We're having his bday party at a park and I don't believe we're allowed to serve liquor. I'm trying to make up for it by having good food.

I need to change my RSVP.

P.S. APK served alcohol at M's party at the park. She's a true rebel! Be like her!

[scotty]

I read somewhere that baking glitter is basically undigestible plastic. Good call,'a
princess party with cold cuts would be hell.

[adhdfashion]

I always serve a full hot meal with booze at the ready. I do have hard time getting people to leave. Word of warning.