Survivor Guilt
We survived Sprog’s low key birthday party which was quite tiring despite not having to do that much. Luckily it was a joint party with a kid from school and was held at the local soft play place so the whole class was invited. I did party bags, the other parent did snacks, we mingled and I tried (and mostly failed) to remember who all the other children were and their parents names. Eveyone seemed to enjoy themselves and we came home with boat loads of presents, so much that Sprog hasn’t even opened most of them yet.
I feel slightly uneasy about the amount of presents he got, there are so many it’s like rampant consumerism gone mad. I would hate to have a kids party and say ‘no presents’ but sometimes I do wonder if that would be better…
Maybe it’s just because it’s so close to Christmas that it seems we’re suffering from consumerist oveload at the moment. I attempted to ration the presents to make it last a little longer but that was thwarted by Sprogs amazing ability to detect presents from a 100 ft distance.
