Wow you are all nice moms! My kid's school requires that if you are passing out invitations, that they have to go out to the entire class so no one feels left out. The problem is, that in the 4 parties we have held in the last 2 years, very few, if any, children actually show up. It's not only been a huge waste of money spent, but it's really hurtful to the children when no one shows up. We have made attempts to RSVP and attend any party that the kids are invited to, where they are friends with the birthday child, but it's definitely not what other parents are doing. I am even more shocked by how few parents even bother to RSVP. For my son's last party, we held it at a bouncy house per his request, and I had to pay for a minimum of 10 children. 1 child from his class actually RSVP'd and showed up. Luckily between his sibling, and a few kids from the neighborhood, we had a handful of kids there, but i definitely overpaid. We decided after this past year, that going forward we are just goingto spend the money on family events, where we take them to Sea World or Six Flags or something like that for their birthday, and they an bring 1 friend with them, which we will pay for. It will end up costing us the same amount of money, and avoid the letdowns.