My kids just learned a great lesson, a number of lessons actually.

There are always issues surrounding Halloween candy.  I'm forever having to establish rules about where it's kept, how much can be eaten (a day), and how much gets stored or frozen for later.

This year they could keep their separate candy stashes, but it had to be in a labeled ziploc in our kitchen freezer.  That way I could track the sneaking if it were kept in their rooms or in our garage freezer and they had a bit of time to think about what they were going to eat and if they still wanted to eat it as it was thawing out.  (Of course there are some that are just plain better frozen!)

There were no specifics on how much they could eat in a day, but they had to ask first.  If they ate any without asking or I found any in their rooms, or there was any fighting amongst them regarding the candy, it all went in the garbage.  This was very clear.

Day 4: Andie's got chocolate on her chin.  "Andie, did you eat some of your candy?"  "No, it was Britney's...she offered it to me!"

I didn't have to say any more.  She went and got Brit and they both dumped their entire bags of candy into the outside garbage bin (to keep them from retrieving later).  Bummer.  They were actually not as sad or mad as I thought they'd be; they knew the consequences and they knew I'd follow-through.

Let me tell you about how sad I am, though.  I actually went out and looked in the trash container and wondered why I'd made such a stupid rule - now what was I going to eat?

Oh, yeah...the other two kids haven't lost their stash yet!

 

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