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[quote=Anonymous]Advice please ...

My rising second grader is turning seven shortly. She's having five friends over for dinner and a movie. The girls will be here for around 3.5 hours, which feels long to me for a birthday party but since most of the "activity" is watching a movie, it will be fine. I'll be in and out of the TV room checking on them, but not planning to stay in there the entire time. My daughter is the youngest of the girls, with everyone else being 7.5 or a bit older. None of the guests have any food allergies. We don't have any pets or weapons.

One of the guest's parents RSVPd for three people - the seven year old, a toddler sibling, and the parent. I wasn't planning on doing "extra" entertaining. Is it okay for me to email something along the lines of "Enjoy your night off and just drop Jane off here. Pick up is at 8 PM." Or do you have other ideas?

Bad on me for not specifying that it's a drop-off party on the invitation, but it never occurred to me this mom would try to stay. My daughter wanted a small, chill event and having a three year old watching the movie with the girls isn't quite her idea of the plan. I'm sure she'll be gracious but disappointed. Also, this guest has been here twice before without her mom and I know the mom casually; she's neither a stranger (at which point I'd understand her wanting to hang around) or a good friend.

What would you do?[/quote]

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