Inviting the kids??

all+that+sparkles

I'm torn on how to handle inviting kids!!  I moved from the east coast a couple years ago, and before leaving made some great friends, several of whom have small children.  I even babysat for a few of them on occasion, and some are like family.  I now live in Vegas, again, several great friends with small children.  I know for sure, I want my east coasters to brings the kids, 2 of them are flowergirls.  However,  I'm not sure how I feel about inviting the local kids.  I guess my feeling is that, since they are local, sitters shouldn't be an issue since many already have sitters they trust or family in town to watch them.  I'm just not sure what to do.  Any suggestions would be great. 

Avion22

You can invite some kids and not others.  Some parents love the excuse to get a sitter and have a night out without their kids.  And some like to bring their kids with them everywhere.   If any of your friends are the second type, then they might be upset that your East Coast friends were able to bring kids but they weren't.   So be prepared for some possible hurt feelings -- you know your friends better than we do to know if they are the type to be upset by this, or the type to be happy about an excuse for a kid-free evening.

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We invited kids over the age of 3 (where it would not seperate a family).  The majority of our guests have made alternative arrangements.  

niquemel

I invited out of town kids only. Reasoning being that it's often too dificult to travel without kids. Whereas the locals can easily find sitter - and all my local friends were really happy about that. 

OwningAHome1981

Ughhh... I don't want any kids, fiance does, fiance won. End of story.