Update....

Update to the party -

So I e-mailed the other 2 moms and said that we decided to turn the party into a girl's sleepover, if they'd like to come.  One said yes, one said no - they had done 2 sleepovers in the last week and were paying the price.  (Today that same mom e-mailed and said her daughter is sick and can't come to any of it!  Too little sleep, too many germs.)

So we are having 4 girls stay overnight and I think that's just perfect.  Katie has come around - she just doesn't like loud parties, crowds, and is worried about not being able to fall asleep.  I think once we get this first one under our belt, we'll be good. 

Katie has been invited to 3 birthday parties in the last 6 months or so and each of them included a sleepover for just a few of the guests.  In each case, Katie wasn't invited to sleep over - she was fine with it and so was I.  It seems to be a very common thing to do these days and is even one of the suggested "DO'S" on many sleepover tip-type websites.  Yes, I read sleepover tip websites.

However, it just felt odd not including everyone when our party list wasn't that long to begin with.  So the only ones excluded will be the boys - but you'd be surprised how many websites there are telling you how to throw co-ed sleepovers too!  I'm totally a stick-in-the-mud on that one.  We'll skip those.