9/23/10

Can you revoke a birthday party invitation?

PS's birthday party is Saturday. We sent out invitations a week and a half ago and asked for a response by yesterday. Of the 9 girls invited, 5 have said yes, 2 have said no, and 2 don't know yet.

WTF? What do you mean you don't know yet? Either you're coming or you're not. This party is in TWO days. And I asked for a response by yesterday.

It's a scavenger-hunt-type race around town. We will load up the girls into our two cars and run them all over town while they accomplish the tasks required by their clues. I need to know how many kids are going to be there because if it is more than will fit in our cars, I will need to have the nanny stay home with the twins. But if only the 5 who have confirmed show up, then we can include the twins and divide into two teams of 4, which works out perfectly. Argh--I hate making the nanny hold open her Saturday because people can't make up their minds. Not to mention I'm trying to plan for enough food and party favors.

3 comments:

suzie said...

Would you feel comfortable sending them an email and letting them know that you need an answer? i've done that before - but I always knew the parents pretty well.

Good luck! We did a scavenger hunt for my 12 yo's birthday, and it was quite successful!

EH said...

That's tacky. "Don't know?" Really? I think you could probably just send an email and say that, because of logistics, you really need an answer ASAP.

legally certifiable said...

I definitely would have emailed the moms if I had their email addys. Instead, I asked PS to check with the kids at school on Thursday, which is when she got the "I don't know responses."

Still haven't heard definitively and the party is at 3:00 tomorrow. I've assumed they aren't coming, and let the nanny go. Worst case, my car can hold 7 kids--but that would make for some lopsided teams since DH can only hold 4.