Bday party on Wed before TG?

[HeartofCheese]

DS's school district has the Wednesday before TG off and DS's birthday is right around TG. I'm thinking it would be a great day for a party (thinking 10am), but WWWPD?

[waverly]

I am working Wed, so you could have it but don't expect every parent to be off work and able to bring their child. My kids will be at the aftercare camp.


ETA- I think there is someone having a Tues night party that week.  I could make it because it would be after work.  It is a 25 minute drive though after working all day, so we will see if I am feeling up to taking her.  Plus who know's where DH will be, so I might have to bring DS... 

[mommyatty]

Nope. No way I could do a party the day before TG. I’m already running around like a chicken with my head cut off that day.

But! If you did a drop-off at-home party with a smaller group, I would welcome that. Like a big play date with presents and cake.

[twinmomma]

No way. I feel like even coordinating a drop off party would be too much for me to handle that day. Plus, I have to work and I'm assuming a lot of other parents do too.

[2chatter]

That would make me put you on the list of “friendships not to encourage” because that’s a busy night after work prepping and cooking and I can’t get kids places.

[waverly]

2chatter , just so you know I channel you when you told me that I want friendships (and playdates for the kids) to be easy. I say to myself 2chatter told me that I don't want to deal with that and just want it to be easy. 


So far a few more people have made it to the friendships not to encourage list. Which is kind of sad because the kids really like each other, but the mom is too flaky to bother with trying.

[justcheckingin73]

I voted No. Even though it’s early in the day, people could be working and sending their kids to friends/grandparents, etc. And if they do have a day off, they might be doing Thanksgiving prep. 

ETA: add me to the confused. Reading comprehension fail. I changed it to a yes, bad idea. 

[xctsclrx]

Nope. Answering your poll. Yes terrible idea. Answering your question Nope would not do. people are traveling or preparing for guest or working that day.

[akafred]

Unless you couch it as a drop off party to allow moms to get their Tday prep done specifically, I would consider that a really bad idea.

[twinmomma]

Also, if your district has the day off, people are likely using it as a travel day if they need to get somewhere far.

[mustardseed2007]

The first thing I thought of was travel. DS' soccer team was trying to coordinate a make up game the SATURDAY before thanksgiving, and were only able to get 4 out of 12 kids to commit due to out of town travel.

[186momx]

Nope, between travel, people doing last minute Tday shopping/prep, there is no time for added b-day party. If you wanted to do a playdate b-day party with a couple good friends and could coordinate with their moms that would be okay but a full blown party, sorry.

FYI the gym is always open for classes on that Wednesday. I would say most classes have 50% attendance just because everyone is off and running. For those that can make it class is always really fun and the kids get some extra 1-1 time.

[k3am]

Not a good idea.

#1 - just because school is out doesn't mean parents are off work to coordiate getting kids to/from the party. Unless you plan to have an all day party and act as daycare for my kid, that probably wouldn't happen. And I'm betting you don't want to do that.

#2 - lots of families will be traveling. I have a Thanksgiving birthday (well, the day after this year). People didn't show up to parties the weekend before or after because they were traveling. So if you're prepared for a reduced RSVP list and potentially disappointed birthday boy, go for it.


ETA: Your poll is confusing also, btw.

[mustardseed2007]

Also, ha ha, I had to switch my vote to "yes" because I was answering it as "should I do this, yes or no" rather than "is this a bad idea yes or no?"

[2chatter]

waverly, For real it is sanity!!
I can barely deal with all the BS in my own life - I cannot handle other people not handling theirs well!

[ECB]

I’m off that day and we stay local, so i would let DS go. But - it’s a really busy day for me because we host and i have a lot to do.

[mrspez07]

Not a great day. By Saturday however, I’d be more than happy to pawn off my kid for an hour or two.

[honeydew1894]

I think it may also depend on your crowd. Do the moms mostly SAH or have jobs (like me, teacher) who would be off? My friends are mainly those two categories, so it would not annoy me, personally. That said, I probably wouldn't do it. We have a friend who regularly has her DS's party on the day we are off school for Veteran's Day.

[HeartofCheese]

Lol. Ok. Bad idea. Will plan for a different day...