Mom Talk

My daughter’s fourth birthday is drawing nigh and we’ve decided to have her party at Chuck E Cheese.  This decision was made after a lot of research on different venues.  Most places around town require that you purchase a party package that covers 20 kids for about $200.  Since we only know about 5 other kids, that doesn’t make a lot of sense to us.  At our local Chuck E Cheese’s, we can reserve for as few as four kids at $11 each.  That includes pizza, drink, tokens and party favors-not a terrible deal.  The problem we’ve run into?  We have many adult friends that have no children and we have to invite them to her party to avoid hurting feelings.  The pizzas there are around $20 for one large.  Ridiculous!  We can’t afford to buy pizza for 30 adults, plus the rest of the party.  It would cost us several hundred dollars.  Our solution?  We are putting a disclaimer on the invitations.  “Pizza and soft drinks provided for the kids starting at 6:00 p.m.  Cake for everyone at 6:45 p.m.”  I’m not sure where this falls in line with party etiquette and I hope I don’t offend anyone.  Any opinions out there?  I’m all ears!