I have two boys, one just turned 4 and the other almost 6, and they asked for a joint birthday party. So we booked it for April 2, in between both actual birthdays. The flag football schedule just came out, and my boys, who are playing on the same team, have a game at 10am on the day of their birthday party, the party is set from 11-1. So do I reschedule the party for later in the day, change the day all together, or have them miss the first day? We invited 18 kids, but so far I have only heard from half of them. I've not run into this problem before. I also don't know if I'll lose my deposit on the party place, but I'm not so much worried about that as I am having the boys happy.
To answer the question of if some of the kids coming play on the same team, it is yes. So they can't miss the game and have their friends there at the same time. I was able to move the party to 430-630, so it covers dinner now, and only one person who had confirmed they were definitely coming has changed to a maybe!! YAY!! AND more people are telling me what a better time of day this is for them - wow! Who knew a later party worked for more paretns of young children?
keep the birthday, miss the first day of flag football. really, even if 2-3 people RSVP-ed you cannot go back and invite them for another day or cancel altogether. one day of missed sport is no big deal.
skip the game. you will have some mad parents who were too lazy to RSVP very mad at you when they show up to a party that was cancelled.
Skip the game. It's just one game. Explain it to the coach. Their birthday party is an important prior commitment before the schedule came out. They should understand. It's not like they are skipping the game to go off to someone else's party, it is their own party! I would NOT go back and reschedule the party and mess with sending second invitiations with a new date. You're just going to cause confusion and irritation with your guests, who I'm sure all have busy schedules too.
ask your boys what they would like to do. It's their party and game. Maybe they really want to go to the first game and wouldn't mind postponing the party.
I would skip the game. You'll probably lose your deposit and it will screw around with everyone's schedule who has responded.
If it was me, since the invites are already sent out, I'd keep the party planned and skip the game.
I would also skip the game.
Miss the game...I'm sure they want their b-day more!
I would miss the sports activity and have the birthday party as planned.
Miss the game. Are there other boys on their team that are invited?
I also say to skip the game.
Skip the game. The party was already planned and I'm sure they are excited about it.
I would skip the game. The party is already planned. However if the kids who have rsvp'd are also on the team that could be a problem lol. If that is the case then call the kids and let them know the party will be later if your able to do that. At my house I would probably be skipping the game
I would skip the game. At their age, it's not a big deal.
I say skip the game. It's a lot easier to skip the game than reschedule the party.
Change the day altogether and send out a "new" invite via email or evite if you can! After the football game, they will likely be tired and it will be a long day.
