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I have told people and told people, please don't send cupcakes for treats for birthdays. So, my twins come today with, you guessed it, cupcakes. I said to the dad really???? He said I know, it wasn't me, it was my wife. These cupcakes are loaded with frosting and the frosting is the bright bright pink, green and orange. The twins turned 4 today. They are the oldest that I have. Two of the other kids are under 2 and the other two are under 3. I took ALL of the frosting off and gave them each 1/2 of a cupcake and that is it. There was slightly some on one of the birthday girls cupcake and when cleaning her up, I noticed she had some orange on her white shirt. Oh well. Try and get that out.
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I usually try and ask parents to not bring cup cakes either but I still get some now and then.
What I do though, is send them home with the kids as they leave. They can get their sugar rush at home when they are not on my clock anymore.
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pretty much the only time my dck's get anything sweet here is cupcakes for birthdays, and I'm the one who makes them (or I pawn it off on my teen). I just take it easy on the frosting.
Everyone here has a color assigned to them; cup, blanket, cubby label, etc.
Birthday cupcakes are always their color.Comment
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I don't mind the cake part or the idea of the sugar as I only give them 1/2 a cupcake and it's really not bad, but the dang frosting is just terrible. When they're that little, they just squeeze it between their fingers and all over their faces and their clothing. That industrial strength dye that they use in the frosting is so hard to get out. I have orange all over my hands just from scraping the frosting off the cupcakes. I would rather have cookies or brownines.Comment
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I had a dcm send these yesterday. While they are adorable and I appreciate not having to do birthday cupcakes myself, all of the kids had stained faces, hands, and shirts. And cake is so hard to sweep up too!Attached FilesComment
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I have to admit, whenever possible we eat them outside at afternoon snack. But, being in WI, that's not always possible. Thankfully, my Shih Tzu loves cupcakes, and the small amount of chocolate he gets from them hasn't seemed to hurt him yet. I do try to sweep up the big stuff.
As for the frosting, yeah, that bakery stuff is pretty intense. One of the reasons I like to make them. As an alternative, you could do white frosting and sprinkle a little colored sugar on them.Comment
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I don't mind treats as they don't happen very often. when my kids were small, the daycare party was the only one they gotComment
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We usually have birthday cupcakes too. I just throw paint shirts on the kids to avoid the mess on the clothes.
But if you specifically specify no cupcakes for treats, that's just rude and absolutely disregarding your rules. I wouldn't be happy about that.Comment
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I think the cupcake thing must come out of the "How to be a Good Daycare Parent" handbook because mine make or buy them for every special occasion :
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The weird thing is, my dcks don't even like them. I have to scrape all the icing off to even have any chance at all that they'll eat them.
Lately I've been just sending them home with each child.Comment
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Birthday's and Holiday's are really the only time my DCK's get sweets so I don't mind. I do only serve them those items at afternoon snack since most go home very soon after and the rest within 45m.
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Oh just to be clear, I don't mind the sweets at all. I just don't mind the insane coloring of the cupcake frosting, not to mention the 1/4 of it. As long as I scrape off most if not all of the frosting it's fine. That stuff stains instantly and most of my kids like MyAngel said, don't even like it. The little ones (under 2 years) have it all over their face and their hands and it does not come out. But we celebrate each birthday with a treat and also I get them a little gift.Comment
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I can't stand cupcakes. I mean, I like to eat them myself, but for small children, what a mess! If parents bring them, I cut them up and give the kids a spoon or fork AND if covered in sugary frosting, I feed them for afternoon snack, AFTER naps. If they want to bring the sugar, they are eating before they leave and they can be wound in the evening! hahaComment
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