Birthday present question

Jordan and Madison have been invited to a classmate's birthday party. The
invitation had "please no gifts" on it. I want to respect the parents' no gift
decision, but I feel bad about going to a party and not bringing anything.
Would it be appropriate to either donate a book to the local library in the
child's name or else give the child a TCBY gift certificate for his family to
enjoy ice cream treats? I'm leaning towards the first idea. What do you all
think?

TIA,
Andrea
twin girls-Madison & Jordan
3/22/00

"Andrea" wrote in message
...
Jordan and Madison have been invited to a classmate's birthday party. The
invitation had "please no gifts" on it. I want to respect the parents' no
gift
decision, but I feel bad about going to a party and not bringing anything.
Would it be appropriate to either donate a book to the local library in
the
child's name or else give the child a TCBY gift certificate for his family
to
enjoy ice cream treats? I'm leaning towards the first idea. What do you
all
think?

TIA,
Andrea
twin girls-Madison & Jordan
3/22/00

"Andrea" wrote in message
...
Jordan and Madison have been invited to a classmate's birthday party. The
invitation had "please no gifts" on it. I want to respect the parents' no
gift
decision, but I feel bad about going to a party and not bringing anything.
Would it be appropriate to either donate a book to the local library in
the
child's name or else give the child a TCBY gift certificate for his family
to
enjoy ice cream treats? I'm leaning towards the first idea. What do you
all
think?

TIA,
Andrea
twin girls-Madison & Jordan
3/22/00

Andrea,

I think the book donation would be a wonderful idea. You could just put a note
in the card that you did it. The TCBY gift cert., although a great idea, is
still a "gift".

Ellen
--------
Erin 6/26/95
Bradley & Alex 10/5/00

Andrea,

I think the book donation would be a wonderful idea. You could just put a note
in the card that you did it. The TCBY gift cert., although a great idea, is
still a "gift".

Ellen
--------
Erin 6/26/95
Bradley & Alex 10/5/00

On 23 Jan 2004 20:56:51 GMT, (Andrea) wrote:

Jordan and Madison have been invited to a classmate's birthday party. The
invitation had "please no gifts" on it. I want to respect the parents' no gift
decision, but I feel bad about going to a party and not bringing anything.
Would it be appropriate to either donate a book to the local library in the
child's name or else give the child a TCBY gift certificate for his family to
enjoy ice cream treats? I'm leaning towards the first idea. What do you all
think?

I think you should go to the party, don't bring a gift, and don't feel
bad about not bringing a gift.

Nick

--
Nick Theodorakis

nicholas_theodorakis [at] urmc [dot] rochester [dot] edu

On 23 Jan 2004 20:56:51 GMT, (Andrea) wrote:

Jordan and Madison have been invited to a classmate's birthday party. The
invitation had "please no gifts" on it. I want to respect the parents' no gift
decision, but I feel bad about going to a party and not bringing anything.
Would it be appropriate to either donate a book to the local library in the
child's name or else give the child a TCBY gift certificate for his family to
enjoy ice cream treats? I'm leaning towards the first idea. What do you all
think?

I think you should go to the party, don't bring a gift, and don't feel
bad about not bringing a gift.

Nick

--
Nick Theodorakis

nicholas_theodorakis [at] urmc [dot] rochester [dot] edu

I think you should go to the party, don't bring a gift, and don't feel
bad about not bringing a gift.


I agree with Nick on this one. We requested no gifts at a Party we had for
Alexis, and only one person didn't obey the request. So then everyone else
felt bad and kept apologizing to me saying, "oh I wish we had just brought at
least a little something."


~Kimberly
Mommy to Alexis Iliana 07/17/99 and
Emma Elidia & Aislyn Gabriela 10/01/02
come see us...
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/aislynemma/

I think you should go to the party, don't bring a gift, and don't feel
bad about not bringing a gift.


I agree with Nick on this one. We requested no gifts at a Party we had for
Alexis, and only one person didn't obey the request. So then everyone else
felt bad and kept apologizing to me saying, "oh I wish we had just brought at
least a little something."


~Kimberly
Mommy to Alexis Iliana 07/17/99 and
Emma Elidia & Aislyn Gabriela 10/01/02
come see us...
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/aislynemma/

On 23 Jan 2004 20:56:51 GMT, (Andrea) wrote:


Jordan and Madison have been invited to a classmate's birthday party. The
invitation had "please no gifts" on it. I want to respect the parents' no gift
decision, but I feel bad about going to a party and not bringing anything.
Would it be appropriate to either donate a book to the local library in the
child's name or else give the child a TCBY gift certificate for his family to
enjoy ice cream treats? I'm leaning towards the first idea. What do you all
think?



I'd be inclined to take something along the lines of a host/hostess
gift, for the parents, just like you would if you were invited to an
adult part: drinks, or snacks, or nice napkins.
I think taking some ice cream treats or homebaked cookies or something
like that, would be appropriate.
You coudl call and ask if the parents need anything; that might help
fill a possible gap or allievate some of the stress of having the party
(again, I'm borrowing from what we do for adult party invitations -- we
always offer to bring something and sometiems the hosts do have
something in mind...).
Have fun!