Quite a few people have asked how we handle the deluge of immune system suppressing sugar that comes along with the annual fun of Halloween dress up and neighborhood frolicking. And it comes right at the time of year when we need our immune systems to be in tip top shape, the beginning of cold and flu season!
We have a secret weapon...The Candy Fairy.
She's been a visitor to our backyard patio table since the kids' second Halloween (the first Halloween we just threw their candy away...they had no idea what it was anyway!). The amazing Candy Fairy gives gifts in exchange for candy...Our theory is that she's in cahoots with the tooth Fairy.
I imagine some sort of system system where the Tooth Fairy and The Candy Fairy sell the candy, or some product they create combining candy and small teeth, for profit and then use the money they earn to procure yet more teeth and to purchase gifts to use in trade for yet more candy. Maybe they just create money from teeth and Candy?! Whatever they are doing it's a beautiful system! Keep it up girls!
Our boys eagerly put their entire bag of hard earned candy outside knowing that whatever they get will be infinitely more fun than eating candy...which mom would only let them have a small piece of MAYBE once every week or two.
It goes like this : :
Immediately upon returning home from trick-or-treating they choose one piece of candy to keep for a special occasion...then the rest is out of sight out of mind, straight out to the backyard (unlike Santa and the Tooth Fairy, the Candy Fairy prefers to perform her exchanges outdoors).
Next we have our annual piece of Halloween Pumpkin Pie at the kitchen table. It's a sweet treat that satisfies that sugar craving, but is't as awful for the boys as mainlining sugar 20 minutes before bedtime...and of course I make a vegan version (recipe coming in my vegan Thanksgiving post). This give us a chance to recap all of the evenings excitement.
The following morning the boys RUSH outside to see what The Candy Fairy has left them. The same amount of excitement as on Christmas morning! So fun! This year they received Star Wars action figures AND Ships...Every year She seems to up the ante a bit, to make sure the kids stay excited about the exchange. What can I say, that Candy Fairy is a savvy business woman.
We all love this arrangement...The boys have something exciting to look forward to, Mom and Dad feel good about the kids health and we get to have all the fun of seeing all our neighbors and friends out and about. Win, win, win.
Yesterday Luke mentioned that he feels sorry for the kids that don't get visits from the Candy Fairy. Music to my ears.
'Till Soon,
A
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