ordering pizza for birthday party -- enough for parents?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Good question, PP. I was not going to do pizza. I was going to do squeeze yogurts and fruit. DH wanted to do pizza, said I was being cheap. It's definitely easier, but it's not lunchtime or dinnertime. Most kids that age, including mine, eat a snack around that time and I thought something light would be fine.

I might be able to talk him out of it now that we have so many more kids coming than we originally thought or planned for.

[Anonymous]

I think cheese & crackers suffices for a 2pm birthday party. Pizza is always nice, but you could also just lay out some pretzels, cheese, crackers, carrot sticks & hummus, and fresh fruit.

[Anonymous]

OP, it's fine to specify on the invite that sorry, you can't accommodate siblings. That will nip that in the bud.

And yes, order pizza for parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Good question, PP. I was not going to do pizza. I was going to do squeeze yogurts and fruit. DH wanted to do pizza, said I was being cheap. It's definitely easier, but it's not lunchtime or dinnertime. Most kids that age, including mine, eat a snack around that time and I thought something light would be fine.

I might be able to talk him out of it now that we have so many more kids coming than we originally thought or planned for.

Most of the time when we've gotten invitations where the refreshments were going to be light, the invitation says so. Not suggesting it's a bad idea, but if you told people you were serving pizza, it would seem odd to change that now without at least letting them know.

[Anonymous]

OP again. I didn't tell them anything on the invite re: food. It just said come to the party from 2-3:30. I didn't promise anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. I didn't tell them anything on the invite re: food. It just said come to the party from 2-3:30. I didn't promise anything.

14:19 here. It's only a 90 minute party - even more reason not to have to get pizza (even more reason if you didn't mention it in the invite!) Just get snacks and cake!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think cheese & crackers suffices for a 2pm birthday party. Pizza is always nice, but you could also just lay out some pretzels, cheese, crackers, carrot sticks & hummus, and fresh fruit.

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think cheese & crackers suffices for a 2pm birthday party. Pizza is always nice, but you could also just lay out some pretzels, cheese, crackers, carrot sticks & hummus, and fresh fruit.

This!

honestly pizza is cheaper and easier though.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Yeah, they make the pizza just cheap and convenient enough, don't they?

I was thinking squeeze yogurts, fruit and small packs of goldfish or pretzels. If I can convince DH, is that enough? I'll get extras for the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yeah, they make the pizza just cheap and convenient enough, don't they?

I was thinking squeeze yogurts, fruit and small packs of goldfish or pretzels. If I can convince DH, is that enough? I'll get extras for the parents.

Yup. I think that is fine. Have fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yeah, they make the pizza just cheap and convenient enough, don't they?

I was thinking squeeze yogurts, fruit and small packs of goldfish or pretzels. If I can convince DH, is that enough? I'll get extras for the parents.

honestly, some parents might be annoyed if there's pizza. it's much heavier than just snacks and could interfere with the kids' dinner. i mean, i'll totally eat pizza if it's in front of me, but i could see some parents coming on DCUM raging about the pizza at 2:30pm party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yeah, they make the pizza just cheap and convenient enough, don't they?

I was thinking squeeze yogurts, fruit and small packs of goldfish or pretzels. If I can convince DH, is that enough? I'll get extras for the parents.

honestly, some parents might be annoyed if there's pizza. it's much heavier than just snacks and could interfere with the kids' dinner. i mean, i'll totally eat pizza if it's in front of me, but i could see some parents coming on DCUM raging about the pizza at 2:30pm party.

Your original plan is perfect. I would prefer pizza not be served at that time. It's too much for a snack and will mess with our dinner plans. Just have enough snacks that parents could have some and you're good to go.

[Anonymous]

Are you very low income? If that is the case you can feed them whatever you can afford, or not.

Maybe next time call only one or two people, or was this a gift grabbing ploy? God! Why do we have this same topic every week? Your DH is right. You are cheap.

I typically order pizza for kids, parents and siblings. Wine and beer for grown ups. Juice, water, cake for everyone. But, I can afford it. I am not on welfare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you very low income? If that is the case you can feed them whatever you can afford, or not.

Maybe next time call only one or two people, or was this a gift grabbing ploy? God! Why do we have this same topic every week? Your DH is right. You are cheap.

I typically order pizza for kids, parents and siblings. Wine and beer for grown ups. Juice, water, cake for everyone. But, I can afford it. I am not on welfare.

Wow. Just wow. I am not OP, but what does this have to do about being able to afford it? I can afford it too, but I don't think it is necessary. But don't worry - I won't invite you to my party anyway. I don't want your company.

[Anonymous]

Of course.

And that's a weird time for a 4 yo party. Lots of kids that age nap then.