This was the candy the kids came home with. I couldn't believe it! We went to a neighborhood across the street and everyone was so generous. We went trick-or-treating with our neighbors and they knew all the right houses to go to! If I would've taken the kids on my own I think we would have gone to five houses, but the kids were having such a good time they didn't want to go home!
So today we had to decide what to do with all the candy. I couldn't keep it all because Delia would scream every second of every day for candy! So we offered to trade for the candy. The kids could pick what they wanted from some choices we gave them:
- money for candy
- go bowling (Joshua's choice)
- pizza and movie night (Delia's choice)
- go to the bookstore and pick out a new book
When I was at the soup kitchen today we had a Mom and daughter drop off a ton of non-perishable items. When they had gone trick-or-treating last night they asked for food instead of candy for the food bank. I thought that was a great idea!
7 comments:
you're so much better than me. we didn't offer a trade, I just ate their candy when they went to bed!
OK, I love you! Way to work the trade! And I love the women who trick-or-treated for the food bank! What rockstars! Blaine chewed on wrapped up candy bars all evening, but never got one open. He called them "treats," and asked for a bite, but we never gave him one. Thankfully, he didn't really throw a fit. The absolute coup came this morning when he saw me throw away an empty candy wrapper. He looked at his nestle bar, said, "zarbeej," and disposed of it promptly! We almost died!
My friend did a trade with her kids too, what a great idea. I'm afraid we're too fond of sugar to give it up...maybe some day though.. :)
So cute! Same thing happened to us. I sent them out with the same size containers and Sydney's filled up twice and we had to dump it in a bag. The cute costume and adorable face definitely brings home more candy. I was still surprised though, because Nathan hit more houses????
love the trade. love the food bank idea. i just love coming to your blog and feeling inspired to live better. thanks!
good idea on the trade! Maybe we'll give that a try...and then I'll probably go through and pick out all the good stuff for myself!
I am a candy craver and the thought of parting with our loot about kills me. Maybe in my next life I won't like sugar so much!
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