Graduation party planning- location and time

I will be honest, I started working on R's graduation party last year. I went to some parties that our friend's had and paid close attention to details. One of the things that I noticed was that most of the graduates had their parties on Saturday evening or Sunday after the ceremony so they couldn't go to their friends' parties or left their own parties to attend their friends' parties. Another thing I noticed was that if you had it at your house there was just way more to do. Besides getting the decorations, invites, food, etc. together you also had to make sure you house was immaculate.

So knowing that I wanted to put my energy into the actual graduation and party that weekend and not into cleaning my house, we chose to have R's party at our local park. I really think this venue was a great idea because there are a lot of little children in our family and they could play on the playground equipment just steps from the shelter house.

AD on the slide at the park.

We also had R's party on Saturday (the day before the ceremony) from 11 am- 2 pm so he could attend all the other parties that he was invited to attend. This really seemed to work out great and the weekend seemed to flow at an easy pace.

Tomorrow: the decorations.