My daughters would die of mortification if I brought them to a friend's party and then just hung out by myself and jazzercised or whatever pp is doing as an adult woman alone at a trampoline park.

It is weird to hang around a child's birthday party! You drop your kid off. If your child is special needs or in preschool, then you stay off to the side to supervise.

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Anonymous wrote:You said your 3 year old was the youngest and the rest were 5-9. I have never seen parents jump in the bouncy houses at birthday parties! What a bunch of weirdoes. Let the children play.

It was a trampoline park per the OP, not a bounce house. Plenty of adults jumping at trampoline parks.

I love to jump at trampoline places! I have no hang ups about having a good time and having fun.

On to the main question: I think Pizza (and cake) are enough, as long as there is plenty of pizza. Also, as kids get older they eat more-- much more! So sometimes I think people don't realize how much more the kids are eating this year vs. last year and under order. Not a big deal. I will never eat until all the kids are stuffed.

Your child is invited to a trampoline birthday party and you waltz in there and start jumping???

Yep, I just waltz into a public venue and jump. The horror!

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Anonymous wrote:You said your 3 year old was the youngest and the rest were 5-9. I have never seen parents jump in the bouncy houses at birthday parties! What a bunch of weirdoes. Let the children play.

It was a trampoline park per the OP, not a bounce house. Plenty of adults jumping at trampoline parks.

I love to jump at trampoline places! I have no hang ups about having a good time and having fun.

On to the main question: I think Pizza (and cake) are enough, as long as there is plenty of pizza. Also, as kids get older they eat more-- much more! So sometimes I think people don't realize how much more the kids are eating this year vs. last year and under order. Not a big deal. I will never eat until all the kids are stuffed.

Well, are you crashing an elementary age kids party? Do you pay for yourself separately?

Yes, I always pay for myself.

Also, it's not crashing a party. Those places are open to the public.

Anonymous wrote:But how will OP post "fun mom" photos on instagram if she just politely supervises her child, the invited guest, from the sidelines?

The struggle is real!

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Anonymous wrote:You said your 3 year old was the youngest and the rest were 5-9. I have never seen parents jump in the bouncy houses at birthday parties! What a bunch of weirdoes. Let the children play.

It was a trampoline park per the OP, not a bounce house. Plenty of adults jumping at trampoline parks.

I love to jump at trampoline places! I have no hang ups about having a good time and having fun.

On to the main question: I think Pizza (and cake) are enough, as long as there is plenty of pizza. Also, as kids get older they eat more-- much more! So sometimes I think people don't realize how much more the kids are eating this year vs. last year and under order. Not a big deal. I will never eat until all the kids are stuffed.

Your child is invited to a trampoline birthday party and you waltz in there and start jumping???

But how will OP post "fun mom" photos on instagram if she just politely supervises her child, the invited guest, from the sidelines?

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Anonymous wrote:You said your 3 year old was the youngest and the rest were 5-9. I have never seen parents jump in the bouncy houses at birthday parties! What a bunch of weirdoes. Let the children play.

It was a trampoline park per the OP, not a bounce house. Plenty of adults jumping at trampoline parks.

I love to jump at trampoline places! I have no hang ups about having a good time and having fun.

On to the main question: I think Pizza (and cake) are enough, as long as there is plenty of pizza. Also, as kids get older they eat more-- much more! So sometimes I think people don't realize how much more the kids are eating this year vs. last year and under order. Not a big deal. I will never eat until all the kids are stuffed.

Well, are you crashing an elementary age kids party? Do you pay for yourself separately?

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I would be pissed if I held a party at a trampoline place and adults insisted on jumping. That would double the cost. I only expect to pay for children participating in a children's birthday party, not providing fun and entertainment for the whole family.

This is why I don’t host parties at these places. Parents bring uninvited siblings and then you have whole families jumping when you planned to pay for one kid. Times multiple families. Then they complain about just having pizza and cake to eat. No thanks.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I would be pissed if I held a party at a trampoline place and adults insisted on jumping. That would double the cost. I only expect to pay for children participating in a children's birthday party, not providing fun and entertainment for the whole family.

Same. Jeez. Most people have a party package for 10 jumpers, etc. That's 10 kids. If the parents participate, they have to pay for their special socks, and their jump time. Yikes, OP, so tacky. Leaving hungry from a buffet of pizza and cake is the least of your issues.

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Anonymous wrote:You said your 3 year old was the youngest and the rest were 5-9. I have never seen parents jump in the bouncy houses at birthday parties! What a bunch of weirdoes. Let the children play.

It was a trampoline park per the OP, not a bounce house. Plenty of adults jumping at trampoline parks.

I love to jump at trampoline places! I have no hang ups about having a good time and having fun.

On to the main question: I think Pizza (and cake) are enough, as long as there is plenty of pizza. Also, as kids get older they eat more-- much more! So sometimes I think people don't realize how much more the kids are eating this year vs. last year and under order. Not a big deal. I will never eat until all the kids are stuffed.

My child would be mortified if either parent stayed and trampolined with him at a birthday party with his friends. A 3 year old at a party for an older child should only be allowed in the little kid areas and supervised by one parent from the sidelines. That one parent should hover in the back of the party room and politely decline food.

Pizza only is fine. The kids typically don't touch the fruit or veggies any way. The party is for the kids- not the parents. As a parent, I assume crappy kid food will be served and eat before/after because I don't like crappy kid food like pizza.

Wow, I would be pissed if I held a party at a trampoline place and adults insisted on jumping. That would double the cost. I only expect to pay for children participating in a children's birthday party, not providing fun and entertainment for the whole family.

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Anonymous wrote:But the parents weren't jumping? The parents were just standing around supervising while the children played.

No, many were jumping. The kids were little.

Why won't you answer the questions about why your son was still hungry?

I meant he was starving going into the party room. It was lunch time and he had been bouncing for an hour. They only offered pizza. About 2 slices per person.

I just meant that AT lunchtime AFTER bouncing, just pizza isn't sufficient.

This thread disagrees. But tomorrow, someone will bash an OP for saying she'll only serve pizza.

You never know how the wind will blow on DCUM...

Oh, please. If a poster ASKS FOR OPINIONS as to whether they should serve more than just pizza, of course people are going to say "yes." They will be giving their opinion *as requested.*

OP is rolling up telling people what to do without them asking for such "insight." So yeah. A lot of things about her story aren't adding up, and we're questioning and challenging that.

As in DCUM as in life, garbage in, garbage out.