duckabell Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I have a bit of a dilemma regarding my DD's birthday tomorrow who will turn two. We ordered her present last Saturday and her brother's present (his birthday is next week) from Amazon using Super Saver shipping. I've been spoiled by Amazon Prime since my husband was a student and just assumed that even though it said 3 to 5 days or so that it would ship sooner. Anyways, my son's present is already here but my daughter's has not even shipped yet. I got her Lauri stacking pegs which I think she would really like. Should I -- 1) Cancel the order and buy her something from the store tonight. 2) Wait for the order to come in and celebrate her birthday next week. 3) Run out and grab a dishtowel to make an apron for a gift (which she would love as she's my best helper) and keep the other gift and give it to her later. I should add that with option number three I would have to make an apron and decorate her cake tonight, which means a late night and grumpy mom who's also in her first trimester and tired and loopy. What says the hive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckabell Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 P.S. There is no scheduled birthday party. It will just be a small family affair with our immediate family and so we wouldn't have to change anything if I were to choose to postpone celebrating her birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 We did option 2 for Digby earlier this year since I forgot his birthday was even coming up! Kids that young don't even know, I don't think it's a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I would do #2. We celebrated The Baby's 3rd birthday a week late because we were on vacation for her b-day. I didn't want to deal with cake while away. We did have to tell the older kids not to mention that it was her birthday to her on the actual day. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 How aware is she that her birthday is tomorrow? And how aware is she of when exactly "tomorrow" comes? For a two year old, I'd wait and celebrate when her present comes in. But we are flexible in our families on birthdays. Often we wait until the weekend to celebrate or someone gets sick etc. and it has to be moved to when we can really celebrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckabell Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 She doesn't realize her birthday is tomorrow but I think her brother does. He turns four next week and so in some ways I don't want their birthday celebrations too close together if I can help it. I'm also worried about this not shipping before his birthday next week which would be somewhat complicated. I'm not against changing holidays when they're this little. Last year they were sick during Halloween and I convinced a couple of my friends who had leftover candy to let them dress up and trick or treat at their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I think I'd run and get her something small and tell her she'll get her real gift when it arrives in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I think I'd run and get her something small and tell her she'll get her real gift when it arrives in the mail. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I would celebrate her birthday tomorrow, make it a fun special day, and tell her that her that she'll be getting another birthday surprise in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I have a bit of a dilemma regarding my DD's birthday tomorrow who will turn two. We ordered her present last Saturday and her brother's present (his birthday is next week) from Amazon using Super Saver shipping. I've been spoiled by Amazon Prime since my husband was a student and just assumed that even though it said 3 to 5 days or so that it would ship sooner. Anyways, my son's present is already here but my daughter's has not even shipped yet. I got her Lauri stacking pegs which I think she would really like. Should I -- 1) Cancel the order and buy her something from the store tonight. 2) Wait for the order to come in and celebrate her birthday next week. 3) Run out and grab a dishtowel to make an apron for a gift (which she would love as she's my best helper) and keep the other gift and give it to her later. I should add that with option number three I would have to make an apron and decorate her cake tonight, which means a late night and grumpy mom who's also in her first trimester and tired and loopy. What says the hive? We've been known to offset birthdays by up to a whole month because dh was out of town or we were in the process of a move. The date is special because they were gifted to us on that date. We will usually let them pick their favorite meal for dinner. But cake and present opening is frequently moved around to fall on a weekend or on a more advantageous week. You can just tell the older child that lil' sis will get her celebration a couple weeks after him this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 since she's turning two and virutally clueless about the whole thing, I'm guessing, just postpone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alphabetika Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Go for #2. A 2-yr-old won't know the difference. In fact, my littlest turned two on 8/1 and we didn't even give her anything. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckabell Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thanks for all of the responses! We decided to go make a quick run to the dollar store and I picked up a couple of dollar presents that I think she'll like. I'll give her the real gift later. It has finally shipped and will be here mid-next week. We decided not to wait since her brother's birthday is next week and this will be the first real friends party that he's had and I'll be busy planning that. I also work part-time and don't have any work tonight and so I'll have time to frost the cake whereas I might not have the time during next week to pull off two birthdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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