I line up all of my daycare kids things (backpacks, coats, their craft from the day) in my front foyer before pick up time begins. It just makes the whole getting out the door process easier, and ensures that I haven't forgotten anything. (special sleeping toys, sippy cups, etc.) When the parents arrive to pick up their child, I do spend some time talking with them - but I don't do written logs or anything, so I guess I feel that it just makes sense to bring the parents up to speed about how their child's day went. It usually doesn't take too long - no more than 10 minutes - and usually other parents are arriving at about the same time, so that kind of encourages parents to move along and let the next parent have their "debriefing" LOL