[blparent] Planning a Birthday Party

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Sounds like there are two issues. One is having strangers (which isn't the term I'd use for Sarah's friends and their families) in your home, and the second is logistical.
If you don't want people in your home there are plenty of places that host parties. You pay them, and sometimes they provide the food and cake, sometimes you do.
Most kids will just want to run around and play in a pack so if you have it at your house, let them do that. Or if you want games, have Sarah help with that.
As for serving food, you can always serve it buffett style.

To me though, the bigger issue is why you regard the families of your daughter's friends as "strangers".  Everybody you haven't met yet is a stranger, yet you interact with them everyday. Some you become friends with, some you date, some you only see some of the time. You let down your walls all the time to have the relationships that matter to you. You need to decide that these parents are people you want to get to know, or you need to decide they are not.  Either way, that doesn't mean they have to be in your home.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeri Milton
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:04 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Planning a Birthday Party

Hi Jo Elizabeth.
Do you mean what do you need to know about planning a birthday party,
general questions or how do you plan it as a blind mom?

We've had several of the kids parties here at the house. I love to plan
them. Let me know what you mean and I'll help you.

Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:51 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Planning a Birthday Party

Okay, so as a blind mom, I feel really self-conscious about having a bunch
of kids and their parents in my home.  But my daughter wants a birthday
party for some of her preschool friends, not just the one at church that we
usually have for her.  So where do I start?  What do I need to know?

Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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