This particular challenge arrived in Tess's little pink backpack she takes to school: a birthday invitation.
The clever Barbie invitation left Tess in a "must attend" mood, as Barbie is a current obsession. I decided to go with the flow and let her attend, despite still not really knowing the names of anyone in her class.
As we arrived I whispered to Tess to tell me who Brayden was (the birthday girl) but Tess too seemed unaware of who's party we were at.
It was a very strange experience to be at a party that I didn't know anyone, let alone the child for whom I'd picked out a gift. Despite my sleuth work I was constantly confounded as Tess seemed to call different people different names. One girl she called "kendra" came to say Hi and I asked her when her birthday was. "Today" she exclaimed. I thought, oh this poor child is confused! I called another over that Tess had assured me was Brayden to ask her name, "Wayden" came out in a jumbled 3 year old speak and I determined this must be the girl!
Finally it was present time and to my shock who I thought was Kendra began to open presents. I then heard the "Wayden" girl called by an adult by the name "Rayden" (so much for sleuth work).
In the end - it really didn't matter. I sat to myself and Tess had a grand time with her classmates. I slowly figured out which child went to what parent and think I have most of the names down now.
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