I know this isn't news to anyone, but I'm late to this mom game so its news to me: When celebrating birthdays at school, treats must be store bought (so they have an ingredient list to reference for kids with allergies) AND be made from a peanut free factory.
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You can't put in special orders for peanut free factories. They are big, giant factories that produce peanut free goods for giant supermarkets and stores like Walmart. And they only produce what sells.
Which is why Cian's birthdate of February 13th - the day before Valentine's Day - will result in a lifetime of peanut free pink cupcakes for him.
Because the peanut free factories right now are only churning out beautiful little pink cupcakes for Valentine's Day. I have been to 5 different stores. I have looked for any other possible color than pink- no dice.
And listen. I know he doesn't know the difference between pink cupcakes and blue. But I know. And if I start his first time ever of bringing in birthday treats with the low standard of passing off valentine's day cupcakes as birthday cupcakes... what happens in 3 years? How much lower will I have sunk? I can't allow myself to start with such a low standard. I NEED to leave room to slack off in the future.
Maybe its the brutal winter. The cabin fever. Or my anal craziness. But I did this: I took tweezers and removed all of the pink sprinkles from the white cupcakes and replaced them with blue and orange sprinkles (made from a peanut free factory, of course).
Not sure if I was really the winner or the loser in this case......
OMG too funny. You are nuts. Just so you know. But funny.
ReplyDeleteWe have gone school-purchased, no tree or peanuts for years now. All the school cafeterias have nut-free zones for those kids with life threatening allergies.
Kids are no longer allowed to bring in birthday treats. Their parent usually comes and has lunch with them.
About the school snacks being from the store, our world is different now. I know MY eggs are fresh and MY kitchen is clean, but that doesn’t mean everyone's is. And what if a crazy parent put melatonin in their treats to calm them down (true story, happened here at a sleep over)? People are nuts and gross and it’s easier for everyone this way.
Welcome to the modern word.
Save this all for his b-day parties. You will only get to throw a few big ones for Cian anyway. By 4th grade they are usually done with parties. And I don’t see Cian being a huge party animal.
:)
Boys love pink btw! It used to be the color of male royalty back in the Middle Ages…