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becomingkateUgh, I hate planning for parties. I'm always stressed. Will we have enough food? drinks? cake? Will the kids have fun? Will the parents judge my house? Will they want to drop off their kids there or will they all stay? Do we have enough chairs and table space? Will a lot of people who didn't rsvp show up anyway?
I don't know why I didn't just do it at a venue. I thought it would be cheaper to do at home but it's looking like it's not. You have to buy all the decorations, plates, silverware, cups, any entertainment for the kids (I hired a magician), cake, any other food, drinks, ice cream...seriously. I just hate all the party venues around here. I dislike parties in general. It's really awkward being around a bunch of people I don't know. I guess it's going to be even harder with a bunch of them all sitting in my living room rather than being able to mill around and ignore each other at Chuck E. Cheese. Sigh...
Maybe it'll be a nice day and we can all go outside.
Per the request of the woman who is the head of the religious education at my church I started a conversation on the facebook church parents group about changing the coffee hour snacks to something easier and a little more healthy. A few people were open to it and a few people were really against it, even hurt by it. Church ends around 11:30. Most people want to go home and eat lunch, right? So when there's a whole table full of pastries we're apparently supposed to "tell our kids not to eat them". Here's where I think the middle aged people who suggested this are forgetting what it's like to have anyone under the age of oh, 7.
The wonderful baker who makes these things for coffee hour sometimes is all offended that we "go behind her back" to say we don't like her goods and then we go ahead and eat them anyway. Well yes, of course we like them and eat them and as adults we deal with the consequences. But our kids should not have to be restrained from cookies and cake on that are there for no reason other than to indulge. How about we not train our kids to expect treats like that at church unless it's on special occasions?
So another problem with the people who bring pastries and stuff is that coffee hour hosts feel like they have to live up to that. They don't want to be the one who puts out a veggie plate and a bowl of fruit when other people are bringing in home made cookies. If we could make coffee hour fare a little more standard, I think more people would sign up to do it and would feel less intimidated about putting out a good spread.
Siiiiigh...
I don't know why I didn't just do it at a venue. I thought it would be cheaper to do at home but it's looking like it's not. You have to buy all the decorations, plates, silverware, cups, any entertainment for the kids (I hired a magician), cake, any other food, drinks, ice cream...seriously. I just hate all the party venues around here. I dislike parties in general. It's really awkward being around a bunch of people I don't know. I guess it's going to be even harder with a bunch of them all sitting in my living room rather than being able to mill around and ignore each other at Chuck E. Cheese. Sigh...
Maybe it'll be a nice day and we can all go outside.
Per the request of the woman who is the head of the religious education at my church I started a conversation on the facebook church parents group about changing the coffee hour snacks to something easier and a little more healthy. A few people were open to it and a few people were really against it, even hurt by it. Church ends around 11:30. Most people want to go home and eat lunch, right? So when there's a whole table full of pastries we're apparently supposed to "tell our kids not to eat them". Here's where I think the middle aged people who suggested this are forgetting what it's like to have anyone under the age of oh, 7.
The wonderful baker who makes these things for coffee hour sometimes is all offended that we "go behind her back" to say we don't like her goods and then we go ahead and eat them anyway. Well yes, of course we like them and eat them and as adults we deal with the consequences. But our kids should not have to be restrained from cookies and cake on that are there for no reason other than to indulge. How about we not train our kids to expect treats like that at church unless it's on special occasions?
So another problem with the people who bring pastries and stuff is that coffee hour hosts feel like they have to live up to that. They don't want to be the one who puts out a veggie plate and a bowl of fruit when other people are bringing in home made cookies. If we could make coffee hour fare a little more standard, I think more people would sign up to do it and would feel less intimidated about putting out a good spread.
Siiiiigh...
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