kids gone crazy!!!

adamar15

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[QUOTE]I'm perfectly calm.
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]

NO YOU ARE NOT.  CALM DOWN THIS INSTANT YOUNG LADY.

kwilliams111012

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[QUOTE]I took it to mean that the kids running around would add spontaneity, for lack of a better word.  I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, however. 
Posted by EaglesBride2012[/QUOTE]

You can put words in my mouth anytime, Eagles.  Haha.  At least they make sense. 

[Deleted User]

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: kids gone crazy!!! : NO YOU ARE NOT.  CALM DOWN THIS INSTANT YOUNG LADY.
Posted by adamar15[/QUOTE]
lol

StephBeanWed61502

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[QUOTE]Both.  Clearly.  Well, 72% me being awesome.  It's not an even split.  ;)
Posted by EaglesBride2012[/QUOTE]

I'll go for that split - it means I'm only 28% a stalker, which I think is an acceptable level of stalker-ish behavior, at least by internet standards.

MyUserName1

You have no idea how often i go into a thread, and am planning my reply as i read it...only to then see that Eagles already posted exactly what I was going to say. Only better or funnier.

Meghannsix

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[QUOTE]I took it to mean that the kids running around would add spontaneity, for lack of a better word.  I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, however. 
Posted by EaglesBride2012[/QUOTE]


agreed!  And I'd like to add, I love your signature Eagles.

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: kids gone crazy!!! : What a sweet job! Ha! Get it?
Posted by rachers1017[/QUOTE]


LOL

Yeah you're over thinking it OP.  I'm guessing the parents of said children will watch them enough that they're not being completely outrageous.  You could also have activities for the kids (coloring books, glow sticks, their own candy bags) so that they don't hae to go near the candy table.

specialk84

I get how Daff inferred what she did.

OP, some kid hoarded and took off with a quarter of my ridiculous favors. People left them on the tables while they were mingling, and she was spotted shaking the boxes and taking the full ones. I don't know why her parents didn't notice or care that their daughter had about four pounds of very expensive, delicious chocolate.

And yeah, some guests were upset (I heard later). They saw the tag on the box and were really excited about eating the chocolate on the way home.

My advice is to not have a candy bar.

specialk84

Oh, and I don't see why OP has to provide activities for the kids. Presumably, the parents have taken their children out in public before, correct? They should know how to entertain them, or they should leave them at home.

Simply Fated

Is the candy bar going to be set up through the entire party or just at the end?

My friend has her's set up towards the end. The candy were in bowls that were purposely pushed towards the back of the tables, against the wall. The little kids could barely reach it there, so their parents pretty much had to help them.

Also, I read k's comment the same way eagles did and wasn't offensive. I love kids at parties... not Super Bowl parties, though. I decided that last Sunday. In general, though, I appreciate the "energy" kids usually offer to parties.

The bottom line is, when you open your party up to kids, you gotta take what comes with them. Sometimes that includes a mess.

StephBeanWed61502

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[QUOTE]Oh, and I don't see why OP has to provide activities for the kids. Presumably, the parents have taken their children out in public before, correct? They should know how to entertain them, or they should leave them at home.
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]

Other than Chels, I don't think anyone else was suggesting that OP did have to provide activities - the activities suggestions earlier in the thread were in response to KWill's threadjack.

specialk84

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: kids gone crazy!!! : Other than Chels, I don't think anyone else was suggesting that OP did have to provide activities - the activities suggestions earlier in the thread were in response to KWill's threadjack.
Posted by StephBeanWed61502[/QUOTE]

<div>It was in response to Chelsea, as well as commenting on KWill's threadjack.</div>

Rosie109

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: kids gone crazy!!! : Me too!  My Kindle comes everywhere with me.  It's my favorite belonging ever. <strong> And Jill, calm down.  Cheezus</strong>.
Posted by StephBeanWed61502[/QUOTE]

<div>I really didn't get the impression that Daff wasn't acting calm about this. And yes I inferred the same thing that Daff did. </div>

StephBeanWed61502

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: kids gone crazy!!! : I really didn't get the impression that Daff wasn't acting calm about this. And yes I inferred the same thing that Daff did. 
Posted by Rosie109[/QUOTE]

Her response struck me as kind of an overreaction, since I read KWill's post the way Eagles did.  It never even occurred to me that someone would actually be saying that weddings without children in attendance were "fake," so I didn't get why she would call KWill out on something KWill - to me - obviously wasn't trying to say.  I just didn't get it, but I guess I haven't been around long enough to realize that someone could've said what KWill said with the intention Daff inferred.

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: kids gone crazy!!! : Her response struck me as kind of an overreaction, since I read KWill's post the way Eagles did.  It never even occurred to me that someone would actually be saying that weddings without children in attendance were "fake," so I didn't get why she would call KWill out on something KWill - to me - obviously wasn't trying to say.  I just didn't get it, but I guess I haven't been around long enough to realize that someone could've said what KWill said with the intention Daff inferred.
Posted by StephBeanWed61502[/QUOTE]

We're still talking about this?  I don't see the big deal.  Daff jumped the gun in assuming what KWill meant, but I don't think she was hyper about it either.  I took it the way that Steph, Eagles and others took it.  But I can see how it was taken the other way too.  But based on the posting that KWill has done, I've noticed she's a very sweet person, so I doubt she meant that weddings without kids are fake.

kwilliams111012

Thanks y'all.  As a newbie I kind of expect to be "picked on" in the boards for a while.  But, you're right - my comment about weddings being more fun, unpredictable and real with kids going crazy was certainly not implying that weddings without kids are fake in any way, shape or form.  But, oh well.  I guess as I post more y'all will understand my thought process better. 

harpsdesire

1.  Buy way more candy than you think you'll need
2.  Give each place setting one bag/box/jar to fill at the buffet.
3.  Use smaller containers and ask if the caterer/someone can refill as the night goes on
4.  Don't set it up, or at least leave it covered by a pretty cloth, until dessert is served.

Unless the kids go around and steal everyone's container and fill it and hoarde it, (which is possible, I guess)  they'll be limited by how much they can take away from the table at one time.  So, they'll still eat most of it, but hopefully at a slower rate, allowing others who want to partake at least a chance to do so before the table is decimated.




Point of 'interest':  It is not just kids that do this.  At my sister's wedding, a friend of hers filled her purse with candy, I saw her dumping it in there.  Then she filled her pockets, coat pockets and HUSBAND'S pockets (I noticed because I was 'tending', that is refilling, etc the candy bar.  Also because she and her H got all these suspicious lumpy areas and, no lie, at one point a couple chocolates fell out of his pants pocket and rolled across the dance floor..... Seriously.)

They also had candy bags provided, and there were extras on the table.  This lady filled several as soon as I set the table up and had them lined them up next to her plate for most of the reception.  Like this was NBD and not strange at all.

It didn't matter as there was plenty of extra candy but I couldn't help but wonder... are they broke and starving?  Is she insane?  Why is her H being party to this level of weird???