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Sebastian's Sixth, prologue
Sebastian has been promising stuff to kids at school. He apparently told his best friend that we'd be giving him and his brother a Wii. We felt bad, so we bought each of them a Webkinz. We told Sebastian NOT to promise things to anyone any more.
But it seems he simply couldn't resist. His birthday party on Sunday will be at Build A Bear; the kids are each going to get a "chocolate" or "vanilla" bear (not edible, these are actual teddy bears). But when we picked him up from school today we discovered that he'd promised an outfit for each bear as well.
We just can't afford that. We wouldn't have enough money to eat for the rest of the month if we did that!
He also promised one girl (who can't come to his party) a bear with a cheerleading outfit. She's his favorite, I think, and she likes him very much; it's so cute to see them playing together. So we're not sure what to do. We certainly hadn't planned to get bears for kids who didn't come to the party, after all! And if we buy it for her (which I'll admit we're tempted to do), we'll A) have a weird situation with the parents of the 3-4 other kids in his class who can't come to the party, and B) have a weird situation with her parents - they may feel obligated to buy him a gift after all.
It's an awkward situation. What would you do?
While I'm at it, another funny Sebastian thing: he insists that any small dog is a chihuahua. Vehemently.
But it seems he simply couldn't resist. His birthday party on Sunday will be at Build A Bear; the kids are each going to get a "chocolate" or "vanilla" bear (not edible, these are actual teddy bears). But when we picked him up from school today we discovered that he'd promised an outfit for each bear as well.
We just can't afford that. We wouldn't have enough money to eat for the rest of the month if we did that!
He also promised one girl (who can't come to his party) a bear with a cheerleading outfit. She's his favorite, I think, and she likes him very much; it's so cute to see them playing together. So we're not sure what to do. We certainly hadn't planned to get bears for kids who didn't come to the party, after all! And if we buy it for her (which I'll admit we're tempted to do), we'll A) have a weird situation with the parents of the 3-4 other kids in his class who can't come to the party, and B) have a weird situation with her parents - they may feel obligated to buy him a gift after all.
It's an awkward situation. What would you do?
While I'm at it, another funny Sebastian thing: he insists that any small dog is a chihuahua. Vehemently.