Trick or Treating
>> Sunday, October 31, 2010
We don't eat candy in our house, but we're allowing Bear to go trick or treating with her cousin this year. Last year, when she was two, it wasn't an issue. Trick or treating doesn't happen in Costa Rica. There Halloween is something the grownups and young adults do as costume parties.
Bear knows she is going to be getting candy. She also knows that she won't be allowed to eat it. She'll be trading in her candy for other sweet treats we allow like Cascadian Farms Fruitful O's, a handful of dark chocolate chips, and a bit of icecream.
How do you tame the candy monster in your homes?
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Interesting. This is what we would have to do if we went trick or treating, because our son has so many food allergies. He is used to not being able to eat things and very rarely even asks for anything like cookies at a cafe or cake at a party, but somehow the idea of taking the trick or treat candy from him breaks my heart. One thing I have seen suggested is to go to some neighbors houses ahead of time and give them candy to give to him, so he'd get his favorites, but it seems like too much work right now. We just stuck to dressing up for halloween parties (he had 4!) and non food treats, plus allergy safe baking, and we'll deal with trick or treating another year. :)
We do the same. We trade the candy for other treats. It helps cut down on the sugar high.
a piece of candy after lunch. parents have full control of that halloween candy ... and it is in hard to reach areas... Thats what my parents did with us when we were younger.
It mysteriously disappear after awhile
We trade the candy for a small toy instead, this year we are taking the candy to one of the area dentists that participates in the candy drop off (sends the candy to soldiers overseas).
We just went out and L and Daddy dressed up. The few houses on our street the people know and were kind enough to give her dried cranberries and crayons and a couple juice boxes. The other candy we gave to Daddy since he trick or treated too. She seemed to totally go for it and think it was fair. We'll see about next year!
I let my children keep a few, and then we put the rest in the basket for the trick-o-treaters. Recycling!
I also just read about Salt and Chocolate's neat idea where the Green Pumpkin fairy takes all the candy and leave a present behind.
In our house, I'm the candy monster. So far, neither boy likes sweets. Both will bite but spit out chocolate. They eat fruit now, but when they first started solids, I had to hide the fruit in the veggies.
We did get alot of raisins and fruit snacks this year, along with the choclate bars (that I split between myself and my office). Trends are starting to give out stickers and pencils and other non-food items.
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