Kindergym at Albany YMCA

Dear Mama and Daddy,
Thank you for calling the Albany YMCA Kindergym for my 6^th birthday party. I’ve wanted to go there ever since my friend had a party there and I loved it. When you found out there were two openings in the next two weeks before my birthday, I was super-​excited!
You kept calling and leaving messages for three days until you got the nice party lady. She said the party times were still good! She told you all the rules and about cleaning up and leaving before the next party and all that. The party lady said she would look for someone to work at the party, and all I could think about was that great trapeze swing and how much fun we would have!
Then something happened. You kept calling the party lady but she didn’t know if we could have the party. Some party people told her they didn’t want to work those times and others didn’t call back. Now nearly a week had gone by and it was almost my birthday! The last time my mom talked to the party lady, she said she still didn’t know. She was still nice but her voice was kind of tight and she said she also «had a million other things to do besides this.»
And now it was too late! So my mom told me sorry, honey, we can’t have the party there. And I cried and cried and crawled under the table where no one could see me. And mom said I blame myself for telling you and don’t worry, honey, we’ll have it at the park.
So now I feel better but don’t say «Albany YMCA» or I might start crying again.
Love,
L

Dear Mama and Dada,
Thank you so much for having my 3^rd birthday party at the Albany YMCA Kindergym. I mean, it’s high time you had a party for me. Not to take away from the trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on my first birthday and the, well, what did we do for my second… but, really, I was starting to wonder about that whole «we love you both equally» thing. Being the second kid really stinks.
You managed to make up for it, though. It’s fun to play wildly (and safely) with all my friends, and we had a whole two hours to climb, slide, swing, crawl, rock, and just run around. What a blast!
And it was easy on you guys, too. You brought some food, juice, a cake, and a few decorations (I especially loved the balloons.) You had to set up and clean up, but the rest was just having fun watching me have fun.
Is it too early to discuss my fourth birthday?
I love you,
TJ