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Andrea
Just Said Yes November 2025

Wedding Ceremony/dinner at small restaurant

Andrea, on January 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 2
I’m planning a micro wedding (less than 50 people) at a small local restaurant. The restaurant has a side room that we can hold the ceremony in and then maybe do some photos before sitting down for dinner. We aren’t planning to do a full on reception with dancing or anything. I’m going for simple and inexpensive but I still want it to feel like a wedding so I plan on wearing the white dress and trying to make it special but I’m at a loss for ideas because I’ve only ever been to receptions where there’s food and dancing. We’re doing just family and we have lots of nieces and nephews all under the age of 8. Are the kids going to be bored out of their minds? Just wondering if others have done something similar!

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Latest activity by Andrea, on January 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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    I think that the kids will be fine, assuming this isn't going to be a significant multi-hour affair. The ceremony shouldn't take longer than a half-an-hour. I imagine most photographs will be taken during the ceremony and family candids at dinner. That leaves around a .5-1.0 hours or so for the photographer to take pictures of just you and your spouse, during which I imagine your family will mingle and begin finding their seats. After which, dinner will last around 1-2 hours, max 3. And at that point, I'm sure it would be okay if a parent has to excuse themselves early because their toddler is having a fit LOL.

    If you're super worried, and you have the restaurant booked for just your party, you could see if they could put out activities for the children on the table such as coloring books and crayons. That would be a quiet activity that'd be easy enough to hide away when it comes to dinner so that your photographs still look nice.

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    Andrea ·
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    Activity or coloring pages are a great idea! Thanks!
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