Monday, November 1, 2010

Halloween Candy

I remember as a kid, the Post Halloween Swap.

I would dump out all my candy and separate into piles:

Pile 1- Items I would promptly throw away, like those plastic spider rings.

Pile 2- Good candy, like Snickers or Reeses Peanut Butter cups

Pile 3- Candy I didn't prefer, but could possibly be used to trade at school the next day

Last night when we were trick or treating with the girls, we noticed that they were passing up the good candy and going for Pile 1 or Pile 3 stuff. So, we decided to coach them.

At one house I went up with Liliana and Lily's uncle came with her up to the door. In the bowl were a variety of items.

ME: "Liliana, look at the Snickers! Should we pick that one?"
LILIANA: "Sure". (In goes the Snickers).

LILY's UNCLE: "Lily, how about a Reeses Peanut Butter cup?"
LILY: "No." (She grabbed one of those round white and red after dinner peppermints).

We were cracking up at the end of the driveway when we told everyone else. Then it became this game to see what kind of candy we could get the girls to pick. We were scheming how to get the good stuff. Hilarious.

So, all to say- this morning we have our 3 piles. Fortunately we stepped in with our "candy coaching" in the nick of time last night to make sure we had plenty Pile 2 candies!

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