Ben came home with a completely unexpected birthday invitation. There is a boy in his class that he has talked about before, but has never gotten together with outside of school. I've never met this boy or his parents.
This was the gist of the invitation:
"Please join us in celebrating (boy's name) birthday by spending the weekend at our family cabin. We will be leaving around 4:30 on Friday and returning around 1:00 on Sunday. Our cabin is a 2 1/2 hour drive from home. (Mentions town in WI where cabin is located, but no address)"
Cell phone numbers listed.
Hmm, let me think about this for a half a second. NO! NO! NO! My goodness, what kind of a parent would I be to send my son away for the weekend, FAR away, with a family I've never met before and who has never met my son?!
I would imagine everything would be just fine, but that's not a gamble I'm willing to take.
Ben initially said he wanted to go, but when I reminded him that I've had to pick him up from sleepovers of boys we do know, and that live a mile from our house, he decided on his own that he wasn't comfortable with this arrangement.
Phew...no fighting him and convincing him about our decision on this one.
