DS will be 2 soon and on his birthday weekend - so close to Christmas, we are going out for a meal and treating him in the Lego shop on the day with my friend as well as her son shares the b'day.
Then the next day we are putting up decs (so DS has a defined birthday not a birthday/Christmas melt) and the following day my DC's Godmother has booked tickets to see Santa and wants to take us all for a meal by way of a thank you for all the help we have given her over the year.
PIL announced yesterday that they will come up on the Sunday and go home Monday (DH and I both work Mon-Fri). This is because my MIL babysits my DNs 3 days everyweek inc Saturday.
If PIL come on Sunday they will either have to meet up with us in town on Sunday (parking problems) and muscle in on Godmothers day - she has been looking forward to it for ages. Or DH or me will have to stay home and wait for them - which we are not prepared to do as we want to see our DC's with Father Christmas.
So DH is thinking of phoning FIL tonight and saying please come on Saturday instead so we can spend more time with you and you can join us for Sunday - (I am hoping GM wiill understand - as she is also family).
PIL now live a good few hours away from us and only see our DC's about 4 times a year, so I dont feel it is unreasonable to ask my SIL to have her parents look after her DC's for just one Saturday so that PIL can spend a little extra time with their other son and GC's Especially as it is a birthday for one of them. And SIL will have over 3 weeks notice.
Is that a reasonable plan?