I won't be giving presents either, but we will be doing fun activities and I will probably do something like make and decorate cookies with them and then we will eat them together - perhaps they can decorate some extras to take home and share. I would rather spend my time, effort and money on doing things with the kids than sending home stuff that I don't even know will be used or enjoyed. I don't give birthday presents either, though we do have a small celebration on the day. The only parent gifts I do are for Mother's day and Father's day.

The daycare provider I used for my first daughter actually had parents buy birthday presents for the other daycare kids, so we had to buy presents for kids we didn't even know. And my daughter was only a year old so she didn't know what was going on. My daughter got presents as well from the other dc parents, but I really didn't find it necessary. It was optional, but we felt obligated to participate. Does anyone else think that is a strange thing to do?