Proud Mom post – some crafty, but not stamping….
I am a proud, proud Mom.
On Saturday, my oldest son was baptized by his Daddy. He looked so cute and he was SO excited! I am so proud of him.
Right before his baptism
Our family….
Gifts from Mom and Dad…a special towel, a tie-tack, and his first journal (I made it in MDS)
We also had his birthday party on Saturday afternoon. He loves Legos, so it was a great choice!
Lego juice boxes, chocolates, and cookies
Birthday boy, little brother, and Lego birthday cakes I made for him 🙂 He loved them!
Had a learning moment…he only had 2 friends show up for his party in addition to his cousins. I looked over and saw him by himself, crying. I pulled him aside and told him that we simply couldn't change WHO was at the party, but that we could change HOW we spent the rest of the time at the party. So despite the traditional "party itinerary" I asked him if he wanted to open presents first, then we did… then cake and ice cream…then activities and play. A little "Party Rock Anthem" – KidzBop style on the stereo added a little fun too.
So question – have any of you dealt with something like that before? What did you do? I hope I handled it well. I hope I don't have to deal with it again, but if I do – I'd like to be better prepared…. so advice is appreciated 🙂
I will post more fun Stampin' Up! stuff tomorrow. Hope y'all have a great week!!!
I am very proud of you, Jeanna! You handled that very well! Ethan is going to remember Saturday as a wonderful day and not a day of sadness, I promise! What a great family!
You handled it great!–at one of my son’s parties no one showed up. (I heard the addage that you only invite the number of kids the same a your child’s age plus one–i.e. at 4, you invite 5. Some of ours had legitmate reasons and some just forgot. So we adults played the games with him and tried to make the day as special as possible. Taught me to confirm with the adults.
First of all, what a cute, cute family!
Second, I love the cool things you did with the Lego theme. Very creative!
Third, I think you handled Ethan’s disappointment perfectly. You gave him great advice he can use throughout his life.
I think you did a great job of dealing with the situation in the midst of the moment. Later, when he has to miss a friend’s party, for whatever reason, gently remind him that these things happen to all of us, and that the bigger the person’s family is, the more likely it is that many other things are going on for that family. Weekends are always busy times. I am a grandmother of 7 and all of my children/grandchildren live within 20 minutes of me,but it is almost impossible to mesh everyone’s schedule for parties because of school, sports, or music/dance lessons and events. I think most of us have had a similar experience at some point and it had nothing to do really with the popularity of the child, just “life circumstances.” By the way, congratulations on his baptism! The lego party theme looked very fun, too.