There is good news. And I ran across some interesting things, and decided to share these odds and ends with you. In one family the youngest child was learning her alphabet, but the older child wanted to show off, and kept interrupting and saying it faster. The family dug out an old Greek textbook and wrote out the Greek alphabet to give the older child his own challenge. A bridal or baby shower can have an extra theme by putting a different time of day on each invitation.
Guests gear the gift toward the hour on their invitation.
In addition, they were asked to bring a recipe they liked, using that ingredient. When you send a get-well card to someone in the hospital, put their home address as the return address on the envelope. If they are released earlier than expected they will still get their card quickly. A lady wanted to hide a spare door key in case she got locked out, but she didn't want to be so obvious as to put it under the doormat or over the doorsill. She thought of leaving it with a neighbor, but realized she would still have a problem if the neighbor wasn't home.