Would you let your child attend a masked indoor birthday party?

[Anonymous]

Nope!! No indoor parties. You can’t eat cake with a mask on.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. We have a fire pit in our backyard. We also have a large garage. Could potentially get a few space heaters for the garage. Maybe I could get a performer for the garage and hand out cupcakes to go.

Do kids actually like performers?

I think the garage idea would be fine, I just wonder if that's actually something the kids would prefer doing over playground/bonfire/s'mores.

My daughter is preschool aged. I think everyone is assuming she is in elementary aged.

All this angst and possible viral spread for a preschooler bday party??? My God, we are doomed.

OP, try not to be so stupid.

[Anonymous]

Of course not!!

[Anonymous]

Have a cake with just your household and a shitty zoom party like every other kid with parents who aren’t complete assholes. It’s one birthday, FFS.

[Anonymous]

I like the outdoor fire pit idea, roast sm'ores, etc.

I would do indoors with a very very small group...like maybe 3 families that I knew. Could you rent a place to yourself and keep it to 10 people total (including the adults)?

[Anonymous]

DS wants a virtual Minecraft party. The day before we are dropping "gaming" packs at friends' houses (individual cupcake, some junk food, a few game related trinkets) so they can play and have a small junk food fest.

He is turning 13 BTW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no indoor party I’d send my kids to. I would send them to an outdoor party if I knew there would be masks (except when eating) and distancing (when eating).

+1
We are not socializing inside.

[Anonymous]

No way on indoor unmasked party, I’m not sure why that’s even a question. And now that I know it’s a preschooler - please just either do something very small outside (two kids) or more preferably, nothing at all! I completely understand the need to do something with an elementary schooler but as the mom of a preschooler it just really isn’t necessary and I do not want to expose my family more for a preschool party. Kids that age are happy with family parties. We will be doing that for my child’s birthday in February

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the outdoor fire pit idea, roast sm'ores, etc.

I would do indoors with a very very small group...like maybe 3 families that I knew. Could you rent a place to yourself and keep it to 10 people total (including the adults)?

There is no way I would send my kids to your gross covid party.

[Anonymous]

Gatherings outside your family just aren’t a good idea now. Birthday parties included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD’s birthday is coming up. Considering a small party. I’m not even sure what venues are having indoor parties. I can think of indoor mini golf or bowling, both activities our kids are not fond of. I would do a spa, tea or princess party but it doesn’t seem safe. Nature centers aren’t doing parties.

Would you let your child attend a masked indoor birthday party?

Any ideas?

No! Come on, OP, stop! We’re in the middle of a huge covid surge and our hospitals are overflowing.

Just don’t do it. Please. Skip any group party just this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. We have a fire pit in our backyard. We also have a large garage. Could potentially get a few space heaters for the garage. Maybe I could get a performer for the garage and hand out cupcakes to go.

Do kids actually like performers?

I think the garage idea would be fine, I just wonder if that's actually something the kids would prefer doing over playground/bonfire/s'mores.

My daughter is preschool aged. I think everyone is assuming she is in elementary aged.

Ok. My question still stands: do you think your preschooler would actually want a performer versus a playground? I know where my two preschoolers stand on that issue, and it certainly isn't sitting in a garage watching a singer/magician/clown/etc.

I do not want to be in the cold longer than I need to. We, maybe I, do not want to go to the playground if it drops below 40s. This is why we have not been leaving the house for the past few days.

I would not want to sit in a garage listening to a performer. I do think my daughter and her friends would enjoy the performer. She loves live shows that are interactive.

FFS suck it up! This is literally an appalling reason for indoor socializing. Borrow some long underwear and endure the terrible terrible cold for 60 whole entire minutes. I would RSVP no to your party because we are going skiing.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, an outdoor fire pit party with preschoolers doesn't sound like a great idea. Can you meet two of her best friends at a playground and they can run around, you can give out a cupcake and balloon after an hour and call it a day?

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. We have a fire pit in our backyard. We also have a large garage. Could potentially get a few space heaters for the garage. Maybe I could get a performer for the garage and hand out cupcakes to go.

Do kids actually like performers?

I think the garage idea would be fine, I just wonder if that's actually something the kids would prefer doing over playground/bonfire/s'mores.

My daughter is preschool aged. I think everyone is assuming she is in elementary aged.

Ok. My question still stands: do you think your preschooler would actually want a performer versus a playground? I know where my two preschoolers stand on that issue, and it certainly isn't sitting in a garage watching a singer/magician/clown/etc.

I do not want to be in the cold longer than I need to. We, maybe I, do not want to go to the playground if it drops below 40s. This is why we have not been leaving the house for the past few days.

I would not want to sit in a garage listening to a performer. I do think my daughter and her friends would enjoy the performer. She loves live shows that are interactive.

FFS suck it up! This is literally an appalling reason for indoor socializing. Borrow some long underwear and endure the terrible terrible cold for 60 whole entire minutes. I would RSVP no to your party because we are going skiing.

The irony of this response is that most people want to go skiing right now. It is the only thing to do right now is ski.

We would have gone skiing but we chose seeing grandparents for Christmas. We quarantined before seeing them.

We thought going to a ski resort/mountain where everyone else was going was high risk. Everyone has a different opinion of risk. We plan to also go skiing after being fed up stuck indoors but don’t act all holier than thou about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. We have a fire pit in our backyard. We also have a large garage. Could potentially get a few space heaters for the garage. Maybe I could get a performer for the garage and hand out cupcakes to go.

Do kids actually like performers?

I think the garage idea would be fine, I just wonder if that's actually something the kids would prefer doing over playground/bonfire/s'mores.

My daughter is preschool aged. I think everyone is assuming she is in elementary aged.

Ok. My question still stands: do you think your preschooler would actually want a performer versus a playground? I know where my two preschoolers stand on that issue, and it certainly isn't sitting in a garage watching a singer/magician/clown/etc.

I do not want to be in the cold longer than I need to. We, maybe I, do not want to go to the playground if it drops below 40s. This is why we have not been leaving the house for the past few days.

I would not want to sit in a garage listening to a performer. I do think my daughter and her friends would enjoy the performer. She loves live shows that are interactive.

FFS suck it up! This is literally an appalling reason for indoor socializing. Borrow some long underwear and endure the terrible terrible cold for 60 whole entire minutes. I would RSVP no to your party because we are going skiing.

The irony of this response is that most people want to go skiing right now. It is the only thing to do right now is ski.

We would have gone skiing but we chose seeing grandparents for Christmas. We quarantined before seeing them.

We thought going to a ski resort/mountain where everyone else was going was high risk. Everyone has a different opinion of risk. We plan to also go skiing after being fed up stuck indoors but don’t act all holier than thou about it.

We are going cross-country skiing in a state park. We have our own skis and we stay at an on-trail airbnb. So not "everyone else" is going. We might see a total of 10 people, from a distance, the whole weekend.

The OP is being such a whiner about the weather. Seriously it's not so cold that you can't last an hour to keep everyone safe. Borrow some snowpants if you must.