I just have to share this story from a 2 year old birthday party I attended a few days ago. Talk about someone who needs to get a life...my 2 year old daughter was at a birthday party. She had a great time at the gym-themed birthday party, climbing on the balance beam, swinging from swings, and bouncing on the trampoline, but what I think she liked best was the icing on the birthday cake. She sat for about 20 minutes daintily picking at the icing with her fork, she didn't need my help at all, and that was fine with me (as I was enjoying my own piece of cake!)
But as I am standing there watching my daughter with her icing, I see a mom of twins next to me, icing all over her fingers, throwing the icing in the garbage. I asked her what she was doing and she said she was throwing away the icing from her kids' cake because she didn't want them getting messy...she didn't want her two year old kids getting messy with cake at a birthday party. Is it me or is there something wrong with that? To her defense, she does own a kids clothing store boutique, so I guess that she always wants her kids looking their best, but it's not like the icing doesn't come off in the wash! I really felt badly for her kids, as one of them was looking at my daughter's cake longingly, and wondering why his cake didn't look the same.
I just found it so surprising that someone could be that anal with a two-year old having cake. I thought that two-year old's were synonymous with messes but maybe that's why my house, while clean, always looks messy. Maybe I am the one who's wrong on this situation, but couldn't she have just brought a change of clothes for her kids if she was that worried about them getting ruined???
In reality, thank god that messy icing is the worst of her concerns. I hope that continues to be the worst thing that happens to their family. But for those of us who have much greater concerns, I have to say, "get over yourself, lady!!!"
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