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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighborhood has a block party twice a year: that’s great! They also have a bounce house for the kids, set up in the front yard of the house directly across the street from us; also great. [b]Block party is billed on paper and digital invitations as 4-10 p.m. [/b]Also fine.

My kids come in for showers and to get in bed at 9/9:30; we let them stay up a bit late for this night. There are some outdoor lights on the bounce house, so kids are playing in it even after dark.

What’s not great, or even OK:
1) Adults don’t shut the party down at 10, as advertised, or even 10:30–the music and the bounce house and all the lights are on until 11 or (in the case of last night) 11:30 p.m., with music blaring and kids not just playing, but screaming. The later it gets, the rowdier it all gets, because the people still up are the drunk or rowdy parents who don’t care at all about kid safety or noise or anyone in the neighborhood being able to sleep.

2) The Late Crew and their kids leave shoes, socks, lawn chairs, trash (party plates/cups/napkins) and toys all over everyone’s lawn near the bounce house, including our lawn. So the next day, the houses surrounding the bounce house have to gather everything up and put it near the bounce or throw it away, then send What’sApp messages like, come get your crap. My husband wanted to mow the lawn this morning, but there is crap everywhere to deal with first.

I like the block party. But why can’t these parents be responsible, and properly shut it down at 10, as advertised, or at the very least, 10:30? These rowdy, disruptive people keep us up and leave trash everywhere. It’ so rude.[/quote]

Would it make you feel better if they advertised the party as from 4-11:30?[/quote]

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