the bat mitzvah

A good friend of mine's daughter was turning 13 and getting bat mitzvahd ( hmm how do you spell that?).
So me and my kids attended happily.  The bat mitzvah girl did a great job with reciting her haf torah ( that;s the section of the bible they have to sing and study for a year to learn the melody etc). Anyway, then it came time for the party part.  Of course you have to make a check out for a gift.  I am known for good gifts.  So we discuss , "what is a good gift"?   We came up with a number that seemed good.  We get to the affair or party or banquet, and  there's a basket up front where everyone puts their envelopes with the gifts.
So, before  we eat they have the  bread (challah) cutting ceremony.  Guess what!  i'm the one called up to do the honors of cutting it and saying the hebrew prayer. Wow , a big honor, I was actually suprised they called me to do that.  Then the party goes on and i'm dancing the hora (like a mexican hat dance), one guy dancing with me falls, i thought it was his heart.  What a scare.  Anyway,  now they do the candle lighting honors.  Well, wouldnt ya know it they called me and  my kids up,  and  then  went on to light a candle for my wife that passed away.  WOW , alot of honors here.  So i'm thinking,  this gift isnt big enough.  Now they're showing slides on a screen of the  bar mitzvah girl growing up.  Half of the pictures were of her with my kids,  with my dog, with my wife.  i say OY,  now I really got to raise the  gift.  So  with my daughter  as my shield, we have a plan,, we  sneak up to the basket I go threw the basket  and grab my envelope and we sneak out to the lobby.  I go into the bathroom, and open the envelope to  change the check to a new higher amount. Mind you , it was pretty high already.  BUT  when i open it I see it's not my check in their ,,it's a check from her cousin,,,,OMG<,,i took the wrong envelope and now it's ripped open,,Of course i look to see how much they gave,,, they were very generous.  Now what do I do,,,i cant go back and  start looking again... and i have to somehow slip this open envelope back in the basket and not be seen,,,,so me and my daughter slowly sneak back in, envelope in hand.  And  the basket is right next to the projector for the slide show that is still going on,,, so we make the move,,and i slip this ripped open envelope in ,,and  just leave my original in the basket.  I didnt think anyone had as bad of a handwriting as me, so I thought my envelope would be easy to find,  Oh well,,, it was quite an comical experience. Larry David  welcome to my world.