We love your kids—we really do. But we want our wedding to be your night off! We know how it is to try to enjoy yourself when you're preoccupied taking care of someone else, so we want you to enjoy yourselves.
If your invitation specifies "and Guest" then yes, if not, we would prefer that it was just you.
We are having a themed wedding inspired by the musical "The Greatest Showman". If you would like to dress up in a costume associated with this theme you're welcome to (FYI there were NO CLOWNS in "The Greatest Showman") Other than that we'd appreciate your "Sunday best" attire.
The Greatest Showman is a musical that was released in late 2017, inspired by the story of P. T. Barnum and his American Museum of Oddities, depicting the origin of the circus. We highly recommend that you watch this movie even if it wasn't our theme. Here's a link to the IMDB that may provide further explanation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1485796/