I am having a party with eighteen children and adults attending, and I want to serve cupcakes. How many cupcakes should I make?

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I recently celebrated my kid’s first birthday, and I had invited all of my friends with their kids. I served a wonderful meal to the guests, and, of course, made too much. I was busy at the party, and did not have time to be in the kitchen as people were leaving. After the party was over, and I went into my kitchen, I noticed all of the leftover food was gone and that everyone had helped themselves to it. Is this appropriate?

Most of the times, the party host will ask guests to take home leftover food, or the guests will ask. If you were busy with other parts of the party, it might have just been assumed by your friends that they are welcome to take what they wanted without asking or telling. They probably didn’t realize that you minded or wanted some for yourself.

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This year, I am holding my three year old’s party at an outside venue, and plan on serving an easy lunch to the kids.  What is better for this age group – the choices are either pizza or chicken nuggets?

Definitely go for the easy finger food that will require little clean-up,  i.e. the chicken nuggets!  Pizza will be messier and will require more clean-up with the kids.

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