Advice please!
05-08-2011, 06:19 AM
#22
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maybe you can make a little treat (cupcakes) and spend a day w/ him early, call it grammas special day with....day (not a bd, if hes so little it might confuse him). that way he can feel hes special and you can get some pics and time w/ him. Its hard to break plans you had for a yr, sharet
05-08-2011, 08:56 AM
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I'd stay with the year long plans. A two year old will not be hurt by your absence. Hope that doesn't sound cold hearted, but I remember throwing a big party for my son's first birthday and he was so little he had no idea what was going on. Plus he got so tired of all the excitement he just fell asleep in his high chair with cake on his face. At those young ages the parties are for the parents not the children.
05-08-2011, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BettyGee
I'd stay with the year long plans. A two year old will not be hurt by your absence. Hope that doesn't sound cold hearted, but I remember throwing a big party for my son's first birthday and he was so little he had no idea what was going on. Plus he got so tired of all the excitement he just fell asleep in his high chair with cake on his face. At those young ages the parties are for the parents not the children.
05-08-2011, 09:17 AM
#26
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a yiddish proverb (i'll try to spell it phonetically, and do it wrong):
vee kenst nisht tansin et tsvay chaniniss mit ayneh tuchiss.
interpretation:
we cannot dance at two weddings with one backside (you can't be at two places t once)..
spelled badly, i know.
vee kenst nisht tansin et tsvay chaniniss mit ayneh tuchiss.
interpretation:
we cannot dance at two weddings with one backside (you can't be at two places t once)..
spelled badly, i know.
05-08-2011, 11:33 AM
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I think that all the advice that has already been given is good. Send or take a lovely gift before the day and explain that you have long standing plans, are sad about missing the party.... but you won't be there. 2nd birthdays are not remembered by the children and the parents should be adult enough to understand.
Go, have a good time on you pre-booked engagement!
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Go, have a good time on you pre-booked engagement!
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