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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t let your cousins kids come but not your friend’s kids. People will get upset that they shelled out for a babysitter but your second cousin got to bring her kids. [/quote]

Yes you can. Our rule was if you travel out of state for our wedding, you can bring your kids. If you have a short drive to the wedding, you can get a baby sitter. Our local friends had baby sitters and 6 months advanced notice about the wedding. It wasn't that we were worried about their kids behavior or paying for the kids, it was a smaller venue and wanting to invite more of our friends. Our guest list was based on family first, including kids, and then friends.

We had a few friend were the babysitter fell out and there was a new born, we were fine with those kids attending. But adding an additional 20-30 bodies to the venue was not doable and it was easier to ask our local friends to find a baby sitter for their kids then choose not to invite the softball team because we can only invite half the team due to the number of kids.

Our friends got it, the family was traveling from California and Wisconsin. Our wedding was a family event as much as a wedding. Most of my cousins traveled solo and didn't bring their kids because travel is expensive and that was fine. Had they brought their kids, they would have been welcome. But most of our friends kids didn't come to the softball games or the like, they went to friends houses or did something else. Those same kids went to those same friends houses during our wedding.

It worked out well. [/quote]

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