Yesterday, we took Daughter and two friends to the Vancouver Aquarium to celebrate her birthday. It's a 13-hour day with driving, ferries, and waits. We paid for everything, of course, no problem.
One of the little girls stayed over last night. Pretty weird, considering today is Easter Sunday. Her dad said he pays for someone to keep her on Saturday nights, since that's his date night, and his arrangement fell through and could the little girl stay over Saturday night? Since we were getting in late, and he said it would be a huge favor, we said O.K. I scrambled to make an Easter basket for his daughter, using stuff that was meant for our daughter. No problem.
Problem: We are EXHAUSTED today, and the girl's father was almost three hours late picking her up! I had to call him to to remind him to come get her! I was so glad when he finally showed up, I didn't check her Easter basket. She ended up with lots of Daughter's things! She has at least 3 Cadbury cream eggs, 4 Cadbury carmel eggs, and 4 Victoria Creams ($3 each!) that were not hers. This is in addition to the basket I made for her. Daughter has one Cadbury cream egg in her basket!
So, I called and left him a message that there had been a mix-up, and could she please bring these things to school on Tuesday. I know this will probably make things weird now.
We spent easily $80 on each child yesterday, with a $15 party favor in the gift shop, made this little girl's Easter basket, let her sleep over, shared our holiday with her, and now she has my daughter's candy, too? She ended up with more of my daughter's stuff than my daughter did!
ARGH! Did I do the right thing by calling? I was very diplomatic, saying it was a mistake!
One of the little girls stayed over last night. Pretty weird, considering today is Easter Sunday. Her dad said he pays for someone to keep her on Saturday nights, since that's his date night, and his arrangement fell through and could the little girl stay over Saturday night? Since we were getting in late, and he said it would be a huge favor, we said O.K. I scrambled to make an Easter basket for his daughter, using stuff that was meant for our daughter. No problem.
Problem: We are EXHAUSTED today, and the girl's father was almost three hours late picking her up! I had to call him to to remind him to come get her! I was so glad when he finally showed up, I didn't check her Easter basket. She ended up with lots of Daughter's things! She has at least 3 Cadbury cream eggs, 4 Cadbury carmel eggs, and 4 Victoria Creams ($3 each!) that were not hers. This is in addition to the basket I made for her. Daughter has one Cadbury cream egg in her basket!
So, I called and left him a message that there had been a mix-up, and could she please bring these things to school on Tuesday. I know this will probably make things weird now.
We spent easily $80 on each child yesterday, with a $15 party favor in the gift shop, made this little girl's Easter basket, let her sleep over, shared our holiday with her, and now she has my daughter's candy, too? She ended up with more of my daughter's stuff than my daughter did!
ARGH! Did I do the right thing by calling? I was very diplomatic, saying it was a mistake!