If you scroll back to May of various years on this blog, you will always find a post (or more) regarding the planning of my son's birthday party. There's probably even one on the old Ebloggy blog, but I don't know if I can even access that anymore, and I won't bother trying.
My son decided back in December of last year where he would be holding his party this year. That place was not allowing parties the weeked of his birthday or the one before. We were not available the one after, so we went with a party two weeks before his birthday. Between daycare, kindergarten, Sunday School and soccer, my son knows a lot of kids. For him to narrow it down to 9 took some careful consideration on his part. I was surprised at some of his choices. There is only one girl, who he has known since he was 2 months old and is one of his best friends, though he doesn't see her as often as he used to. Some are from daycare, some from kindergarten, and some from none of those places. Then comes the careful etiquette of "not discussing it too loudly at school, since not a lot of people could be invited". Two RSVPs so far. That's always kind of an issue, because people either forget, or just plain don't. If people can't come and let us know soon enough, I may let him send out a few more invitations, because I know he would have liked to invite some other people as well.
The last two years we've written "no gifts please" on the invitations. This year my son did not want to do that, and we were fine with that. While he has more than enough toys, two years of graciously not getting gifts from his friends after bringing gifts to half of the parties he attended is impressive for a 4 and 5 year old. For 6 years old, he can have his gifts. :-) Next year he is considering asking for donations to bring to the Animal Shelter in lieu of gifts (his idea). He is a planner, like me, planning a party over a year in advance. :-)
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That is awesome that he would want to have "gifts" donated for his birthday. Your raised a wonderful little boy.
My sons bday is Sat. and he pretty much told everyone he either wants a PSP or cash.. if he cant have that.. he doesnt want anything... i told him to be prepared for nothing then. lol.
Your son is adorable. And it sounds like he is just a really good kid. And that makes me happy.
I love that you've taught your son to be a thinker. He had to think about who he wanted to invite to his party. He probably had to think about why he wanted gifts this year (and give you a reason). And he's already thinking about next year. Nothing wrong with a thinker! I echo your frustrations with RSVPs (I've blogged about it before - it's one of my top pet peeves) ... and I just hope for the sake of your son, he has 9 fantastic friends surrounding him at his party.
OM - My son would never limit himself that much. He even gets excited about duplicate gifts "This will go great with the other one!" Sometimes it takes an effort to convince him to exchange one.
Jess - He is a very good kid. We are blessed. :-)
Nilsa - He definitely takes after me, being a thinker. Hubby tends to plan things about 5 minutes before they happen. I know I've posted more than once about RSVP frustrations. I'm hoping this will be the year when it's not an issue. :-)
Wow! That is so sweet to think of what he might want to do next year. But I think it's wonderful that you empower him to make choices about the guests and that it's okay for him to want gifts and get them this year. Like Nilsa said - you're teaching him to be a thinker - what an amazing thing to do as a parent!
Awww, what a sweetie. I hope he has an awesome birthday!
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