ok since you guys are the most supportive creative group of people on earth I wanted to ask your advice my daughters 3rd birthday is next month and while i come from a huge family and she has tons of little cousins none of them live near enough to me to come to her party and im not terriably social so id ont know alot of moms outside of the groups my older son is in so I dont have any kids to invite to her party and we are thinking about going into chuckie cheese just as walk in's (they dont do parties without at least 5 kids) and having cake presents there but im just heart broken over it it doesnt seem special enough for my little girl when my son was young i had my whole family around me and we had huge parties and now he has a million kids from school come every year and I just feel like my girl is getting cheated in some way by not having a huge party with balloons and decorations and a million kids to play with am i tottaly off on this what are your suggestions please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 
Have a family party at home. Decorate your house with lots of balloons & streamers. Make her a girly cake. She's only 3. She won't even realize that there aren't "a lot" of people at her party. She will be excited by all that you have done & will be happy that Mom, Dad & Big Brother are there~ Next time you go home where your family is plan her a big family party. Don't sweat this.. believe me a large birthday party doesn't make it the best one ever~ She will have others & soon she will be in school & have friends to invite~ 
It stinks not having family around, I am in the same boat
But she is only 3. She is still pretty young. She will still love her party because you are there and she is getting cake and presents.
My kids didn't have a birthday party with other kids invited until age 4. By then they went to preschool some and had some other kids to invite.
It will still be special. : )
ok anther question my husbands parents will be there and possiable his sister along with my friend and her 7 year old daugther so thats 3 kids and possiable 5 adults would it be silly of me to have chuck e cheese do there whole party thing with the show and the visit from chuck e cheese for such a small group and only 3 kids keep in mind the minimum they will do a party for is 5 kids so i will have to pay for 5 even if theres only 3 thanks so much for your help.
If it's a Chuckie Cheese party you want then do it~ The grown ups go along to wish they were that young again & to watch the fun the kiddo's are having!! 
If it's a money issue keep the party at home~ You worry too much sweetie~ Can you tell I have teenagers nearly grown.?
see now you sound like my older sister shes 8 years older than me and keeps telling me whatever i do will be fine and im sure it will my dd will have fun at chucke cheese we are definitly doing that its just a matter of whether to have them put on there whole party or just to do a walk in i realize i guess that i want to give her the big party more than she really wants it when i asked her what she wanted for her birthday she told me candles and then cake and for santa to bring her presents im learning to do fbct for her dora cake and really looking forward to that and we are getting her a power wheels barbie jeep which i know she will flip over plus a mini barbie jeep with a cheer leader barbie and a matching her size barbie outfit that is too cute and so excited im starting her in gymnastics this week so im feeling better now I know it will be great and its not the amount of people its the amount of love and she sure has that.
Aww it sounds like you have a lot of cute things planned for her bday~ Go for it! My kids might be teens but I went all out for them when they were younger. The skating parties, the baseballs parties, the pool parties LOL If it's a small party then I would just walk in & bring your Dora cake. I wouldn't worry about the birthday that they do then. Sounds like she's going to have a wonderful party~ You GO Mom~!!
Honey, you are way too stressed over this. She is 3. She has no idea. She won't even remember it. She won't compare it to her brother's parties unless YOU make a big deal out of it and tell her over and over how she was cheated.
She's 3. She'll probably have more fun playing in the box the gifts come in!
relax. enjoy the time with her. oh....and did I mention.....RELAX!!!!!!!
My son is turning 5 this year and it will be his first big party. I had kind of the same situation as you, my oldest had a huge party with lots of kids for her 3rd, but due to different babysitter, etc, we just had family for my son's 3rd and 4th. He REALLY didn't care. All he wanted was to go to a local restaurant (abblebee's) with the family and get his cake and presents there. As long as you make it her special day, she will love it.
Honey, you are way too stressed over this. She is 3. She has no idea. She won't even remember it. She won't compare it to her brother's parties unless YOU make a big deal out of it and tell her over and over how she was cheated.
Yeah, what she said!! IMO, 3 is too young to have a big to-do because they don't know what they're "missing." I also wouldn't want to be responsible for a big party full of 3 year olds! Talk about mass chaos! I personally don't like Chuck E. Cheese because their parties are outrageously expensive and the pizza is terrible (JMHO). If you really want to go out, I'd go for McDonalds or BK - they're cheaper & the kids can still run around and play.
-Lisa
Thanks guys I really do tend to stress over these things but im getting more and more excited about her big day we went to target today and she got to pick out her birthday dress and shoes a tradition in my family for little girls to get new dresses for birthdays christmas and easter she picked the funniest little pair of wizard of oz type slippers but there pink rather than red and a white dress and sweater she looks adorable in we bought her jeep and im getting very excited planning for her cake i want the day to get here quicker so i can make it. Ive decieded not to go with the whole party at chuck e cheese but rather go there as walk ins seeing her birthday is on a monday and it wont be that busy I cant back out on chuck e cheese now because my oldest child aka my husband wants to go play there 
but thank you all of you for your kind words while i had my nervous break down im back on my meds now.
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