I don’t see your name on the guest list…
A quick birthday party recap. Five people ended up coming, and that was just fine. We had a wonderful time. My best friend and her son, Cohen, were there and Maddie loves Cohen. She demonstrated this by pulling him down on top of her, pushing him and then kissing him. My girl’s a little, um, forward. I swear she gets her “trampiness” from her father. He’s a total tramp. Ask anyone.
I’m still a little put out with the non-RSVPers. You really don’t have time to make a 60 second phone call? Or type an email? Because I sure had time to sit down and hand-write your ass an invitation. I even had someone who didn’t RSVP email me TWO DAYS AFTER THE PARTY to let me know she was sorry she didn’t come. WHATEVER. All I know is I’m going to be much more selective in my invitations next year. “Family” doesn’t mean you’re automatically invited.
P.S. Those of you who wanted to see pictures, they’re in my Flickr. You can see them over there to the right, or go here.
RSVP issues are SO FRUSTRATING. My brother and his then-fiancee included stamped envelopes and STILL had about a 20% RSVP rate. What a waste of stamps, since then they had to call all those other people long-distance.
I KNOW! I had too much food, too much soda, too many cupcakes… bah! I could have saved quite a bit of money if I had only known people weren’t coming.
I’m trying hard not to take it personally. But, I’m failing miserably as you can tell.
I’m so sorry your guests flaked on you. And I hear you on the RSVP thing…
Any pictures of Maddie “attacking” Cohen? I sense future blackmail material if you have any.
It is VERY WEIRD to email after the fact, but not before. Seriously.
I like the name Cohen. Very cute.
Also, PICTURES! HEL-LO!
I’m glad you had a good time despite the jackasses who can’t dial. That totally sucks! On the other hand, CUTE PIX!!! I can’t believe she’s a year already!!!
That no-RSVP’ing thing drives me nuts. My daughter’s friend celebrated her 7th birthday with a total of 2 kids from her class (all 15 had been invited). It was a summer birthday on a long weekend, but the point is that only 3 of the remaining 12 people even bothered to RSVP! I was astonished at the lack of manners.
Sounds like your daughter had a good time anyway, which is the main thing!
I’m on board with wanting pictures! Speaking of which, did you have her 12-month pics taken yet?
Sorry about the jerkfaces that didn’t RSVP. Guess who won’t be invited next year??! So, yeah, TAKE THAT!
That’s too bad that people didn’t respond. But I’m glad to hear that it was a fun day. Maddie and Cohen sitting in a tree…that’s funny! My son has done the aggressive kiss thing too, but it’s always to older girls/women. Funny, though!
You know….IMO, Maddie’s 1st birthday party was exactly the way it was supposed to be. Too many people and it would not have been about Maddie anymore. She got all the attention….especially yours and Gerald’s.
Don’t be mad at the others that could not make it or RSVP…..it was their loss. Plus, I was there, dang it! That made everything better! Hehehe
Happy Birthday Maddie.
Jana - No picture, dang it! She did it as we were all watching, but my camera was off. I was so disappointed!
Tessie - I like the name Cohen, too. I didn’t when she first told me that’s what she was going to name him, but it’s really grown on me.
MOTHRA - I know! It’s really hard for me to believe she’s a year old and I was here for every single day of it : )
LoriD - Great, that means it doesn’t get any better as she gets older, huh?
Shelly - I’m taking her to Portrait Innovations on Saturday. I decided that it might be easier if my husband comes with us, so we had to wait until he was free. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Daisy - Maddie’s all about Cohen. Every time she sees him, there is kissing involved. I call him “my future son-in-law.” Which would be great, seeing as his mom is my best friend.
KT - You know, you’re right. Her party was great. And I really am glad you were there. I loved seeing you play with the kids. If only you cared about their welfare… ; )
I totally hear you on the RSVP thing, when we got married only 1/2 the guests RSVP’d, then 75% of those folks showed.
If it helps you should do the evite thing next year and just send invitations-no return envelopes to waste your stamps. The Evite can remind them 2 months out, and you know when they read the dang thing.
Hey if it makes ya feel any better if you had invited us, we would have definitely been there-Maddie is too cute!!
I’ve had a few parties at my house for my kids and no one in my family RSVP’s… they call my mom and tell her that they’ll be there. But not me. and she never tells me. “it’s your party.” she says. But.. but..
But it looks like you had a great time and I love the dress on her! She’s such a doll and It’s a really cute dress!
Cohen is a cutie too