... not to want to spend the weekend at nursery events?

[JumpJockey]

DD1 is at nursery part time, has been there for a year and a half and loves it. The staff are great, friendly and caring and eveything you could want. But they insist on having lots of events at the weekend, eg. easter bbq, nursery birthday party, parent/nursery committee bake sale, and next weekend it's a "graduation" for the kids in pre-school and family fun day. I appreciate that it's a great thing that staff are willing to do these things, but it's the weekend; DH barely gets to see the girls during the week.

This morning an email arrived saying "We have sold very few tickets since they went on sale which causes me concern as staff and local businesses have put a lot of money and effort into our day and I would hate to disappoint those who have already purchased tickets with cancellation of the event due to lack of attendees."

I can see that in the future these kinds of things will be run on the weekend when they're at school, but there's a much better chance of knowing the other children/parents, with nursery there isn't the same kind of "school gate" friendliness since everyone drops off and picks up at different times so there's more just a nodding acquaintance.

So, given that these things happen every couple of months, should we be rallying behind the nursery and turning up, or are we allowed to say Sorry no, weekend is family time?

[edam]

The email is irritatingly passive aggressive but probably written by someone who is just as fed up about having to do stuff on weekends and tetchy that very few people have signed up.

At least it's raising money for a good cause - when ds was in a nursery for which we paid £1k a month I used to be amazed at the cheek of the owners who had fundraising events for the sodding nursery! (Not the staff who actually worked there, it was part of a chain. Who fucked up my childcare vouchers as well. I took ds out in the end.)