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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait until that family shows up with 2-3 older siblings to your party. I remember having a party for my then 4yo and the dad brought 2 older siblings plus their nanny. I had exactly 24 kids expected and had opened 3 packs of 8 favors. I was stressed about the favors.

Or when your kid wants to have an escape room party who can hold only 12 people so you have to either cut his friend from preschool who you have invited every year or the friend from scouts or your neighbor or the kid your mom has known since you were a toddler and did everything together.[/quote]

Meh... we had that happen where a nanny brought 4 kids and others brought friends we didn't invite deliberately.  I don't do favors but the food can be an issue as some places don't let you order extra food.  I had 15, maybe 20 extra kids plus adults show up (or didn't RSVP) and I had to have a huge debate with the venue to call in for more pizza as they wouldn't let me directly.  We ended up spending twice as much as planned but oh well, it was fun to have that many kids.  The next year I just picked a venue where you pay for the venue and bring your own food so 35-40 kids and parents was no big deal.[/quote]

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