4 year old birthday

[Cami]

I'm planning a 4th bday party for my daughter Addison. She has a group of boys and girls we've known for 3 years, preschool friends, and school-age neighborhood friends.

So that all these kids could possibly be there, I was thinking of a Saturday daytime party at our house.

Questions:
*Should I invite preschool friends even though I don't know the parents? I recognize the parents, say hello, but only know their kid's names.
*If so, should I make it a drop-off or a parents-stay party? I'd rather do a drop off but I don't know if the parents would be comfortable leaving their kids for 2 hours when they barely know me.
*How do I get invites to the preschool kids? Do I leave them in the classroom?
*Should I invite just the preschool kids she tells me to invite? There's 4 girls out of her class of 12 who she talks about and is friends with (acc. to her).

This is the first year that the guest list is "important" to Addison so I don't know how to work this!

Thanks :)

[Jayne]

For the preschool kids that you want to invite I don't know how Addisons school does things but for us we put things in her bag. The preschool bags are all hung in the hall and the assistant will place invites in the appropriate bag and the kids don't get in their bags till they are well on their way home. I think if you do invite them I would just do an invite. If the parent feels it is ok to leave their child then they will but if not they could have the opportunity to stay and just be a watchfull EYE. I like the idea of having a saturday daytime party. That makes sence if your having a kid party.

This year we are not going to have a kid party but I think when it comes down to doing that I will end up having two seperate parties. One in the day for kids and then one in the evening for family. It will make life crazier but at the same time I don't have the room for the extra people.

Jayne