Ok, that's gross, I have to say!
She shouldn't be using pieces of a kitty litter box, she should have gone to a store that sells things for making cakes like this one and purchase them and sanitize them before using them. As for the hairs in the fondant and the tools used, if I seen the cardboard and the hairs I am sorry but I wouldn't have let my child (if I had one) and their friends eat that cake. I would have put it in the fridge and taken it back to the person who made it and demanded a refund. That is NOT acceptable, it could have made your child and her friends very sick.

As for reporting her to the health inspector etc, I wouldn't know what to do there as she makes the cakes in her home...

Thanks everyone for your replies so far
I wouldn't put 'offspring' on the invitations of course, I would use 'children.' Right now, I am still on the fence about this, will have to talk to the FH again, as he has a say in this as well.

Maybe I should give you a bit more background as well: We are definitely having one child at the wedding ceremony, my FH's little niece, she will be our flower girl. They will be traveling from another province so they will definitely be staying. Her, I am fine with, as far as other people's kids go, they start to drive me up the wall when they start whining and get louder and louder as they try and get their parents attention. I don't have any children myself and would rather keep it that way, but my FH thinks differently.

And yes, I do feel like parents would be missing out on a night of fun, but you are right, if they did want to have a fun night out, they would find a sitter. I've gotten lucky one friend of mine will leave her two boys with her hubby and come out to the wedding (I don't get along with her hubby) I explained to her, even though I would like to meet them, the wedding isn't really the time or place, I would rather have her there and have some fun. She agreed and said since they aren't that far away that some time she will bring her boys in for a visit so I can meet them.

Why is this soooo hard?

I'm currently planning my wedding, in the works of making up the guest list and invitations and I have a dilemma. A lot of my friends and family friends that we wish to invite have children. This means they either have to find a sitter, or if they do bring their kids then they will be leaving earlier to put their little ones to bed. It also means that 1. I will have to plan some structured activities to keep them occupied and 2. Someone at the wedding will have to miss out on the celebration to mind the kids.

I'm not fond of other people's kids coming to such a special event, running around, getting in the way etc. My mom is trying to get me to change my mind on this and let my friends bring their kids. To me it just takes away from the party and the parents ability to have a few drinks and enjoy themselves.

What do you think?

Hello,
I'm new here, and thought it would be appropriate to introduce myself. My name is Jo, I'm 28 years old and I live in Canada. My Fiancee and I got engaged on Sept. 25 2010 after dating for seven years and we are to be married on Aug. 13th 2011.
A friend of ours who was recently married pointed out this website and forum to me. She said it was a great resource for her and hoped that it would be helpful to me as well.

Tonight is my first venture onto the forum to look around. I actually bought my dress today!!