Can I also note to be careful about your venues rules? Ours allowed for one special price for children under 13 ( like a kiddie meal) and also a price for over 13 but under 21. This is rather unusual, most places don't differentiate between the people over the limit to get chicken fingers but still too young to drink…

We had no kids under 10 at our wedding. We did get a little blow back- mostly from my husband's cousin who wanted to bring her 6 week old baby. She thought it was a perfect opportunity for the whole family to meet the baby and really guilt tripped us. I wouldn't have had an issue with her having a sitter in the hotel…

A little off topic but one of my favorite memories of my dad overlap this topic and time of year.