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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Similar to this PP, we had a party at a park where we had to bring everything in on foot for a LONG way, so I had the party from 2-4 on purpose so that we wouldn't have to bring in a ton of food. We still served watermelon, pretzels/other munchees, juice/milk/water, and cake. Drop off so no parents.

Well, you chose such a place -- no one forced you. So don't get carried away patting yourself on the back for providing some snacks. Big deal.

WTF lady? So, because she didn't trek into the park with a piece of lasagna and a steamed lobster tail for your kid to eat at 2:30pm, she sucks at life?

What strikes me about the party at the park is that you had to walk a LONG way...for a drop-off party, isn't that silly? So parents walk a LONG way, drop their kid off, walk a LONG way back to the car, sit in their cars for an hour and then trek back to the party site? Why not just invite the parents to stay? Or did you provide transit for all the kids? [/quote]

Wow, park PP back again. It was Glen Echo Park, for those who are familiar, and one of us was at the parking area with balloons waiting for the kids to be dropped off. It wouldn't have been that long to walk but my point was that it would be a long way to walk with, say, a lasagna and steamed lobster tails (good one, PP.) So I guess you could say we provided transit? And I invited just kids (kids were all 6) because I have LOVED that parties are drop-off now and wanted to return the favor for the other parents who have had them. I never just wait in the car - my husband and I have played tennis during dropoff parties before, or I run some kid-free errands (heaven!)

And I chose "such a place" so it would be FUN for the kids, despite the lack of heavy lunch or dinner food. And it was between 2 and 4, FFS - that is snack time at my house, and I served snack food. And cake.[/quote]

On the drop-off front, I think that's fine then - I would have just been annoyed to have to hike somewhere to drop my kid off.  And no one expects a meal between 2-4 anyway.[/quote]

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