I need help!!
Between both of my sisters, there are 7 kids. I love them ALL...but I am much closer to my sister, Sam, and her kids, than my sister, Amanda. I want to include all of the kids in the wedding, but I cringe at the idea of having all 7 of them (and expecting them to stand still) at the altar. I originally was wanting Sam's daughter, Abigayle to be our flower girl (she is 5) and Sam's son, Blaine to be our ring bearer (he is 4)...I am closet to them 2, and spend a lot of time with them. BUT then I was feeling guilty that I wouldn't be including any of Amanda's kids. So I thought of having 2 flower girls and 2 ring bearers, so Abigayle and Amanda's daughter Alyssa (4) as my flower girls and Blaine and Amanda's son Maddux (5) as my ring bearers. This seemed perfect to me until I realized I would be leaving 3 of the kids out, and I didn't want them to feel unincluded since their brothers and sisters were able to be part of the wedding party and they weren't.
Any ideas? I know it would be easy to say "none of them"...but I can't do that...I also know I could always tell my sister Amanda to suck it up - but I really don't want to hurt her feelings or make her feel like I am playing favorites...
Has anybody else dealt with this problem?!? Ugh...