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November 1, 2007
This Is Just Not Right
Halloween. I prefer to just give them the candy and tell them to go for it. Sit up all night and eat it. Candy for breakfast? Sure thing! Just EAT IT, and then it will be GONE.
So what did they do? They ate some. And then stopped.
They ate some more today, realized that it gave them a stomach ache, and made them feel weird and not good, and then stopped.
Argh. So yes, this is good. It's nice that they are old enough that they can actually recognize, for themselves, the effect all that sugar has on their bodies. This is a Good Thing.
Except that there is still CANDY in the HOUSE!
I'm about to have to resort to underhanded tactics. I'm glad that they recognize that eating at bunch at once is maybe not so good for them, but I cannot have the stuff hanging around for weeks either, slowly dribbling through their systems, building up their tolerance. No, no no no. And no, I'm not eating it.
Silly children.
This year we had a Power Ranger, Harry Potter, a Sith Lord and his Dark Apprentice. The highlight of the evening was when the dark Jedi ran into Obi Wan on the street. Apparently they all shouted: "YOU!" and brandished their lightsabers. And no, I did not take a single picture. Bad Mommy.
Posted by lynx at November 1, 2007 5:57 PM
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Your kids might be too old for this, but we have the Sugar Sprite visit our house on "candy holidays." If a child leaves some candy out for her at night, she leaves a non-food treat in its place. We haven't managed to clear out all the candy that way, but every little bit helps.
Posted by: Drew at November 1, 2007 6:36 PM
We had the exact same thing happen last year. My little Darth Vader ran into a young Jedi heading the oppostie direction on the other side of the street.
They both darted to the middle with light sabers brandished. The two parents had to grab thier respective boys and drag them off.
This year little Darth Vader was Jango Fett. ;)
Posted by: Sheila at November 1, 2007 8:09 PM
Hmmm. It's a problem. This year there is a dentist near us who offered to buy the candy from the kids for $1 per pound and send it to the troops. But what happened is that kids donated their candy. It made them feel good in a different way, and the parents were happy to get it out of the house.
Posted by: Elisheva Levin at November 3, 2007 5:02 PM