For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 31, 2016

pretty genius if you ask me

She notices things and acts on them. And since Dad can buy what he likes at any time it isn’t fair he takes the kid’s.

I was lucky, my parents never helped themselves to my candy. I had a perfect memory for my “inventory” and would have noticed. However, I had to hide the stuff from my brother and sister, who would have taken it, if they could find it. :)

Not the safest thing do, tough…

Hubby picked up the Halloween Candy last week. (Note: we usually run between 10 and 15 kids, that’s all). He came home with a SIX POUND bag of fun size chocolate bars from Costco. I asked him if he had plans for the other 5.5 lbs, and he grinned and rubbed his tummy. Fortunately, for him, he’s skinny as a rail and won’t gain a lb. LOL!

This is back when kids would just wander around by themselves and no one would call the police for neglecting your children.

Well, at least you know you didn’t raise no dummies.

That’s how I used to do it!

Happy Halloween!

If I ever ate any of my son’s candy, it was either because he didn’t like it and gave it to me or because I asked permission. Stealing from a child’s Halloween haul just isn’t right. Remember the old expression about “taking candy from a baby”? Keeping it locked up so they can’t gorge is one thing, but you don’t take it for yourself.

We’re expecting about 300 trick-or-treaters tonight…maybe more. We’ve got a washtub full of candy, with boxes of raisins for the teenagers who throw on their team uniforms and some facepaint and try to tell us they’re zombie cheerleaders. No chocolate for you, slackers! At the end of the night when we’re ready to close up, the last trick-or-treater to the door gets whatever candy we have left…sure is fun putting THAT smile on an unexpecting kid’s face…so no leftovers to tempt us!

I usually didn’t raid the kids candy stash for a day or 2 after Halloween,giving them a chance to eat their favourites,but after that it was game on! They seemed to forget about it themselves after 3 or4 days and 6 months later it was all rock candy.

Now that most of the kids on our street have grown up and moved away, we get about 5 or 10. We still buy really nice chocolates, just in case they are left, and we have to eat the leftovers. Just last night I made little baggies and put in 6 or 7 treats in each one…

i find it sad that parents do that to the kids candy

Not paying the Dad Tax is a Trickable Offense!

Living this now. Kids gone over an hour. Hope they are safe. I will worry in another hour, if they aren’t back. They’ve got separated from their group and lost before. Definitely taxing the candy!