"The worse part is trying to be nice without upsetting these parents"
Don't worry about being "nice." Just be honest. Tell them that your children didn't ask you first and that your family already had plans for the summer, then offer to take up the slack if they get in a bind with whoever does babysit.
935 posted on 05/16/2005 5:51:53 PM PDT by sweetliberty
(Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.)
937 posted on 05/16/2005 8:37:33 PM PDT by restornu
(“No president in American history understood the timber of the American character better than Reagan)
