I think that it's SPECIAL that he gets to have another birthday-boy OR birthday-girl at the party - I think that sounds really 'kewl' - maybe if he were quite a bit older he'd not like that, but I just can't imagine any young child not thinking that that is really neat.
If you seriously believe that he'd feel awful about this, then I imagine that I'd cancel the duo-party, but that's just me.
The "goody bags" that I read some articles about were comprised of extremely expensive items, with all the parents trying to outdo eachother, so that their own little darling had the most expensive giftbags to give out at their birthday party -- really dreadful. I'm still astounded by I what I read about this several years ago. But it was about THEM, in the article to whom I referred to as indulgent parents. I have NO idea where this stuff became the norm, competing with the Joneses over kiddie party favors, how pathetic, ya know?
I didn't mean for YOU to think I was referring to *you* about spoiling or indulging YOUR child -- I was talking about these other parents having 400-DOLLAR "goodie bags," not at all anything about you or your post or your party at Chuck E. Cheese, which I agree sounds like a good deal, and which I encourage you to go forward with, kids love going out there in a BIG way.
((Just do not add on any thousand-dollar gift bags, oKay?!))
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