let the birthday parties begin

So, Anya got invited to her first birthday party. The invitation was in her school bag, with her name (kinda) on the envelope - so I know it was intended for her.

But, I don't know who this child is who is having this party...and neither does Anya (not so surprising, she still can't remember most of the kids names in her class). I want her to have friends, and get invited to parties, but for some reason I don't feel OK about this. I am not at the point yet where I would just drop her off at a party and leave her there. Um, NO!

I hope something comes up so that we can't go...does that make me a horrible mother?

Speaking of school - you've asked me a few q's about school, I'll try to answer them here:

• No, we are not homeschooling.
• She started school on May 5th - 9 weeks after we "got" her
• She is in a public school - but I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by how attentive they are and how well she is doing. We are fortunate in that we are in a small school system.
  
• Proof that I should not homeschool is in how well Anya is doing in school...in the 9 weeks she was with us, she learned English; but in the 12 days she's been in school - her vocabulary and communication has grown and flourished in ways that astound me!
• Summer school is till up in the air - in this school system, you apply and then are accepted into summer school. We are still waiting to see if she is accepted into summer school. We're looking into a language program that one of the local colleges has for kids her age, as well as a day-camp at our church and some other day-camp type things.

Hope that answers your questions...if you have more - ask away!