If my kids had a theme song, it would be Bow Wow Wow's, I Want Candy. I need to rant about this. You may need to cover your ears. If you're a mom, you may want to join in. Now, I'm not one of those mom's who obsessively limit their kids' sugar intake, but it would be nice to just reign it in a bit, mostly because sugar and candy turn them into raging maniacs. We went to three, count them, three, Halloween parties today, and this is just the day before Halloween. The kids brought home about six pounds of candy from Barton's work party (and I'm not exaggerating). By the time I was able to wrangle the three of them back into the car after the third party, I had to literally drag Nicole kicking and screaming away from her loot. She tried to bite me to boot. This was all from my usually sweet, mild-mannered little love. If I didn't know that it was that devil SUGAR that had possessed her, I would have called the priest in stat.
To be fair, Logan is not nearly as sugar-obsessed as Nicole and Dane. Logie just may turn out to be a vegan because his favorite foods are fruits and cherry tomatoes. When I first started this blog, I wrote about the boys' first birthday and how Dane dove into his birthday cake with gusto. This was a taste of things to come (no pun intended). Dane pursues his sweets with a single-minded intensity that I just hope he devotes to more worthy pursuits in the future. For this reason, I am seriously considering donating the majority of our Halloween candy to charity. Apparently, the homeless shelters take candy donations and use them for desserts. Otherwise, the candy will have to be under lock and key, along with the cleaning supplies.
By the way, today was my 42nd birthday, which got lost somewhere in all that candy.
Sister, pre-melt-down
Happy Halloween!
Lisa, I hear ya! My boys went right from celebrating their 4th birthday to gorging on Halloween candy and we paid the price via a tidal wave of meltdowns. It was terrible! While at a kindergarten open house discussing structure with the principal, I could see my boys running like maniacs across the quad, my husband in hot pursuit. I don't think we'll be attending that school!
Posted by: akemi | November 20, 2008 at 08:49 PM