Rain at outdoor party: how to salvage a good time

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks everyone. I needed a reality check. I emailed the invitees and floated the idea of moving the party to our house, and asked if people are still planning to come given the forecast. I hate changing things up last minute. I am thinking it will be better to have it at our house though. Plus we grownups can drink mimosas and wine.

After drinking mimosas and wine, they are going to drive home?! Thanks for putting drinks on the road.

Drinks not drinks and before you say one glass of wine or one mimosa is fine and driving is not impaired, don't bother because it does!

Two parents are coming with most of the kids, plus some people are taking metro or walking, but thanks for your concern.

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I moved my outdoor party in too and bought 6 bottles of champagne yesterday. ??

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OP here. The party was pretty crowded, but I think everyone had a lot of fun. The open basement with Zumba was a big hit. And the grownups who drank did so responsibly . Thanks for the advice. This was definitely the right decision.

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Yesterday’s rain was abysmal. It was a pain getting anywhere let along actually staying outside. And I usually let kids play in the rain.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. The party was pretty crowded, but I think everyone had a lot of fun. The open basement with Zumba was a big hit. And the grownups who drank did so responsibly . Thanks for the advice. This was definitely the right decision.

Good choice, OP! I'm glad it worked out for you.

My daughter's 3rd birthday was yesterday and I was glad we booked an indoor venue. Her 1st birthday was unfortunately not fun because of bees (we booked a pavilion at a farm and didn't realize there would be a literal bee infestation), so I've sworn off outdoor parties!