<p>What would you like them to do? or What did you do for your son or daughter?</p>
<p>Oh and don’t say buy you a car. Not gonna happen. LOL Something that doesn’t require a lot of money, but can require a lot of thought. :)</p>
<p>We gave our son a big hug (and this was pretty big with a mom and dad and 5 siblings)! Then we have cheered him on since :)</p>
<p>tessey: I’m trying to visualize the family hug and it made me grin like crazy! I only have one brother, so no huge family hugs for me! XD</p>
<p>I think my family went out for dim sum the weekend after I got my letter. :D</p>
<p>We ate fideua, anchoas, bacalao, and other traditional food from our homeland at Gaud</p>
<p>lol speedsolver 
Our son is a first generation college student and our oldest child. We were all screaming as we were hugging him too! Your day sounded fun too!</p>
<p>My parents didn’t do anything…I think I’m too old for that :)</p>
<p>My husband however did take me out to a lovely dinner</p>
<p>Uh oh! May I never get too old for dinner with my parents.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s just a cultural thing ;)</p>
<p>Once I started making decent money (like, not just enough to scrape by on tuition like in high school) from part time jobs and internships, I started treating my parents out to celebrate milestones or getting job offers and stuff like that as a thank you for all of their support and stuff. Tables have turned! Haha :D</p>
<p>Thanks, Tessey. He’s definitely going to get a hug. :)</p>
<p>Oh, and thanks for answering that question I had a couple months ago. How is your son liking UW? What is his major? Is he living in the dorms?</p>
<p>Yum, dimsum. We need to try Gaudis. I don’t think I’ve had real Spanish food before. Now it’s on my to do list. </p>
<p>We’ll definitely take him out to eat. :)</p>
<p>My son is 18. Would it be silly to write on his car window? I will likely know before he does (checking uw net id & getting the mail first i.e. the big enevelope) and don’t want to let him know, but I do want to celebrate it with a UW gift or car decal, etc.</p>
<p>To Momto4:</p>
<p>As an 18 year old also EAGERLY awaiting to see that letter in the mail box, I have a suggestion for you. You say that you will likely get to know before him and that you DON’T want to let him know…well, I dunno. Just from an outside perspective, I would get kind of angry if my mom were to take the letter then do something to surprise me about it. I put in all of the effort for the application, essays, meeting deadlines, and I definitely would cherish the moment to know that I got into my top pick school.</p>
<p>The whole process is a once in a lifetime opportunity. To see that envelope, to hold it and wonder what’s in it, and then to eagerly open it! I just got my acceptance from Seattle U, and even though I know I’m not going to attend, it was still SUCH an exciting feeling! I think you should let him have experience that feeling, not experience it for him. </p>
<p>Since you get the mail first, if you see it in there, why don’t you LEAVE the mail there. When he comes home, say “oh shoot, I forgot the mail, can you go grab it?”. Then he’ll be the one to see it, to hold it, and to have those emotions. Letting him have that is the most special thing you can do. If you were my parent, that’s what I would want you to do.</p>
<p>I think getting some sort of UW gear is a great idea. But you can get it and give it to him after he opens the letter. Do not write on his car windows, lol, do not. Just let him have his moment, it’s his accomplishment after all </p>
<p>Just my two cents!</p>
<p>I second what diskotime said! </p>
<p>However, if you want to surprise your son, perhaps schedule a surprise (taking him out to do something, husky gear, etc) a few days after when he’s not suspecting it! =)</p>
<p>I agree with diskotime and speedsolver. Let your kid be the one to find out first. </p>
<p>side topic: my parents live in another state, so dinners would be impossible. We do treat each other out “just cause” when we see each other and send presents back and forth just to be nice. Just nothing special for getting in the uw. They bought me uw stuff from the store when they were in town, maybe that counts.</p>
<p>That is a good idea! I was not going to open the letter (would never do that) or even let on that I knew. I just will likely know first since I am home when the mail comes. I thought I’d write on his back window or give him a gift after he opens it.</p>
<p>I agree with what everyone else said, but if you REALLY want to do some sort of surprise, I assume that the UW acceptance letter “The Big Envelope” and the rejection letter have a distinct difference in size; so, maybe, if you could check the mail and as soon as you see the Big Envelope, leave everything in the mailbox the way it is and surprise him later with whatever you wanted to do. This is just a suggestion though…I’m not really advocating that it is the best way to celebrate/surprise him. ;)</p>
<p>The Big Envelope is a lot thicker and larger than a waitlist/rejection letter, which is traditional business sized white with no extra “CONGRATS!” on the side. It’s also purple. Can’t miss it! </p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I wonder if the mailman ever feels all happy inside when he/she puts in the acceptance letters in the mailbox. :D</p>
<p>NOTE: Honors acceptance letter was in a boring white envelope.</p>
<p>@momto4squirts</p>
<p>He loves the U.W. He does live in the dorms (Lander) and is glad he had the experience of dorm living but next year he is hoping to move out with two friends as having such a small room for two students (and he is one of the lucky ones-some students are three to a small room). It is sort of like camping out for a year, you make good friends, but not having your own space and kitchen is pretty tough. </p>
<p>The classes in science and math are also a lot harder than he had thought, but he is going into engineering so I guess he will have to fight through it!</p>
<p>Best wishes to your son, count down begins now, what 7 days? How exciting!</p>
<p>", but not having your own space and kitchen is pretty tough"</p>
<p>He’d have his own space & kitchen if he lived in Steven’s Court</p>
<p>$ w$sh he could go $n Steven Court but $t is bucks$$$$$$$ lol! I think they will be tearing down where he is next year. Lander</p>