tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post6002057918419061225..comments2024-01-12T00:24:35.544+01:00Comments on St Bloggie de Riviere: Paintball BluesSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-87039221260548322522010-03-19T16:49:29.991+01:002010-03-19T16:49:29.991+01:00Well, I've decided on the No Pressie, Please C...Well, I've decided on the No Pressie, Please Contribute line, and have made a stupendously fantastic invitation that I'm sure will wow my youngest and make him proud to have such a tip top mummy.<br /><br />Ouf. Sorted.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-62325844216260072812010-03-18T10:27:02.911+01:002010-03-18T10:27:02.911+01:00Oh, hausfrau, I never thought of that and you'...Oh, hausfrau, I never thought of that and you're so right! I loathe having to go and buy a pressie for a kid I don't know with the limited shop options around here. Actually, yes, throwing money at it would be fine by me too!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-31843052306220350682010-03-18T10:23:51.293+01:002010-03-18T10:23:51.293+01:00I'll confess that I'm always relieved when...I'll confess that I'm always relieved when a birthday party 'just' needs me to throw money at it (and a cake) rather than put myself through the cleaning and organising required for a more old fashioned style of party: they never live up to expectation and often end in tears (probably mine). Asking for a contribution rather than a present seems fair, and I bet the other parents will be glad not to need to think of one.hausfrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311075972682014843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-50891600611589654262010-03-18T09:06:13.283+01:002010-03-18T09:06:13.283+01:00Gigi, I asked him if 'no pressies' was fin...Gigi, I asked him if 'no pressies' was fine and he said it was. He'd rather be charging about having a fab time with his mates than collecting a bunch of stuff he doesn't need.<br /><br />Sound attitude.<br /><br />Actually I feel a bit guilty re last year when he spent his birthday with his dad over the holidays and I didn't organise a party at all for him here cos he'd had a family one with his dad.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-38442905357173593142010-03-18T02:28:31.659+01:002010-03-18T02:28:31.659+01:00What, like in the 1950s?
Or when they were little?...What, like in the 1950s?<br />Or when they were little?<br /><br />NickNick Kotarskihttp://kotarski.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-4448467928010190242010-03-17T23:37:55.207+01:002010-03-17T23:37:55.207+01:00Oooh - that's difficult. I suppose I'd say...Oooh - that's difficult. I suppose I'd say 'no pressies' but you'd have to ask your son how he feels about that. I think if I had to pay 10 euros AND buy a present, I'd be feeling a bit miffed...<br /><br />But then I'm dirt poor :-)<br /><br />Life was so much easier when all a child expected was a balloon, some sweets and a lump of squashed birthday cake to take home in a napkin :-)Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442510440531817842noreply@blogger.com