PB: yep, that's what we did last time: took all of our chairs outside... arranged in a loose circle... we have a moveable marquee and set that up for them... with drinks in an ice filled shell wading pool nearby, near the BBQ which they actually cooked on quite responsibly (we found it naturally divided into the boys talking around the BBQ watching the snags and the girls seated around on the chairs... fascinating... just like adults LOL). We have a pool table just inside in the back living area and they came in and played that reasonably well... but we had balloons inside that caused a bit of trouble (as described earlier). On the whole it was better having them outside. But some still chose to roam. Only 1 parent actually bothered to come to the door to meet us BTW all the others just dropped their child out the front or the child arrived via public transport with friends. That one parent apologised for seeming to be too protective of her son... she explained to him that she just wanted to make sure that the party was being well supervised and that could we please make sure her boy (he was 14) didn't just wander off. This boy was actually very well behaved... obviously a product of good parenting. It's a shame the mum felt that she was being over protective though! That's what we do when we take our DD to a party!![]()


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I think a daytime BBQ sounds awesome (and yummy!), people can just chill outside, eat, drink (soft drinks lol) and have a good chat
Your DD's bestie sounds like an awesome influence too!

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