She’s been in the entertainment business for 12 years, and from stage dives and coordinated flash mob dances to a prom-posal and push up contests, she’s seen it all and has a plea: “Please don’t send me thirty 5-year-olds while the parents are binge drinking in the back room. “I would say any number of children is okay as long as there is adequate parental supervision appropriate for their ages,” says Brooke Edwards of Big City Karaoke. Unlike a lot of celebrations in life, more doesn’t necessarily translate into merrier for kids’ birthday parties. At the end of the party, he practically forced the father of the birthday girl to give a flattering video testimonial in the front yard. In between pulling a rabbit out of his hat and doing that trick with the never-ending scarves, he kept making comments under his breath about how he was in dire need of another beer. One episode that immediately comes to mind involved a drunk magician. Their social calendars are more active than my own, and with two children in this age range, I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to kids’ parties. As a parent of little ones, checking your inbox can feel like you’re playing a game of wack-a-mole with Paperless Post-as soon as you RSVP to one invitation, two more come in. The kids are back in school, and everyone wants to invite their new friends to celebrate the milestone. Needless to say, it was eye opening for him.įall is prime birthday party season in the city. It featured two separate pizza parties, cake (of course), lots of hyped up children, and hand sanitizer galore. A few weekends ago, with my husband out of town, my dad kindly agreed to accompany me and my two daughters, ages 3 and 6, on a children’s birthday party tour that spanned Manhattan.
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