Princess Party?!

So my darling Princess informs me again, that she wants a Princess Party for her birthday.

Oh my head hurts from this request...

There are SO many things to think about when holding a party for her. Last year, her party was serious overload. I invited way too many kids, way too many bodies in my house, way too much pizza was ordered, a beautiful yummy birthday cake that the birthday girl had a bite of and got sick...

This is still a huge learning process for me. Holding a party for a typical kid is hard enough, but holding a party for a special needs kid and her typical and special needs friends is even harder.

This year I don't want to hold it in the house as it is not suited well for all R's friends. Two stories and push chairs and wheelchairs don't go together well. I don't want to stress my friends out this year by this. I want people to enjoy the time.. and last year it was chaos to say the least!

So I started searching for places to have a Princess Party... with her closest special friends. The couple places I have found have packages, with finger sandwiches and tea, juice, and a birthday cake. Sounds great huh? Well not in our world... LOL... I mean why pay for those things? She is not going to eat a sandwich and most of her little friends won't either (most all tubie fed too). Others are on gluten free diets... so I really need to find the right place.

I've contacted the couple of places I thought looked like could work, told them our situation to see if they can tailor make a package for me. I hope one of them can help and then hope it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

I wish I had some sort of other brilliant idea... we can't do anything outside as it will be too hot out for her and her friends... Why do we have to live somewhere that is so hot?!! LOL