Birthday parties

My DS is at DDI and I invited his 5 classmates to his birthday party (Jump party in Ronkonkoma). He has a twin sister and I invited her 6 classmates from her typical pre-school. Plus, we have another DS and a few cousins we invited.
My question is whether or not I should inform the other parents in DS's class that the party size will be a bit bigger becuase it is his twin's party too. I don't want anyone to be overwhelmed.

I might be thinking way too much about this. I don't foresee any issues, but I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable if they think it is going to be a small affair and then there are 15 or more kids there.

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the SAME thing happened with me. Most of the parents knew they were twins from both schools.
But when addressing the invites, I only put the 1 child's name on it. I didnt want them to feel obligated to buy his brother a gift.

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If I were invited, I would just assume you had family friends outside of school that would be coming along as well. I don't think you need to mention it's a twin party at all.

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Thanks very much for the feedback. I appreciate it.

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This was my experience with classmates parties at the Bounce places. The places are generally large enough that I don't think it would matter if there were 8 or 15 kids there. The thing that helped tremendously for us was that they told the staff that we were a group with special needs, so they turned off the music (it's SO loud already from the bouncers, the music makes it that much more difficult to tolerate if they are sensitive to noise). I think in both cases, the places added one or two staff members to the party to help, which also made a difference, IMO.

My DS's class was about 8 kids, but siblings were invited, so I think there were usually about 15 kids anyway.

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Great idea. I am going to call the place and let them know the situation. I prefer the music be off too (I hate it - ha).

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My experience is that if you tell a birthday place some kids are special needs they are extra helpful and will be able to spot possible concerns ahead of time, I.e., not only volume issues, but strobe lights. Good luck - sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

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I don't see the need to explain. Especially in the setting the party will be.

We are also having a bounce place party this year. Most kids will be typical. Some will not.

But I always pick a setting where my child and the typical children invited can have their own fun.

I will not book a party that would only work for 1 group of kids.