They already have too much candy!

My daughter is in 3rd grade and the teacher sent nothing home about sending treats in. I went to Burger King and bought some of the coupon books with the free fries for my daughter to give out to her classmates. She said that only 3 people brought stuff in and she ate all 3 pieces of candy in school. I was surprised. Usually she comes home with a load of stuff! I guess now that she is older, they don't have the parties like before.

My son brought home an plastic bag that had pumpkins on it. He had about 20 pieces of candy in it.. Which was okay.. Because I really don't like him eating too much candy anyway. I brought a medium sized bag of Skittles to his teacher on Thursday.. That is all. I don't believe in sending in so many sweets like that. He is not even going trick or treating.. That is too much candy for my kids to be eating.. I want them to keep their teeth, not lose it..

My daughter didn't bring as much as I thought she would this year. They only had a half day of school so they got cheated out of having a real party. I think they basically just came in from recess and passed out their treats and then it was time to go. They didn't have snacks or drinks, they just passed out the take home treats the kids brought in. I don't think a lot of the parents sent stuff in. They'll get a pretty good haul tomorrow night when we go out. The chocolate candy doesn't last long around here lol. I use the huge bucket of parade candy we collect over the summer to give out at halloween lol. I know I know I cheat, but we can't afford to buy candy for tons of kids.

My son's class had a party yesterday, but he did not get a whole lot of candy. The kids only went to about 20 houses last night and between the 2 of them they got over 100 pieces of candy. Most of it was chocolate. They will have candy for a long time too.

In my sons school it all depends on the teacher. His teacher this year doesn't like sweets so they are not having a party...but all the other 3rd grade classes are. I find this to be unfair to his class, but I have bigger things to worry about!As for trick-or-treating candy, they get to have maybe 1 piece a day for a while - but mostly I eat it! I think it's the fun of dressing up and going around the neighborhood that is most important to them. (For me, I could skip the trick-or-treating and just eat the candy!)

We had Fall Party (I call it such instead of halloween party) at school yesterday. Kids were over active. I had difficulty controlling them (I am the teacher that's why.) The party and trick or treating had not begun yet but OMG ! they already had enough sugar. I wonder what is going to happen on smonday when they get back to school after eating sweets the whole weekend. If i am a parent, i will send halloween themed pencils, erasers,notebooks etc instead of candies. a lot of those can be bought from dollar stores or online like oreintaltrading. i hope parents thought about this when they send treats.

Yeah it's a lot of candy but they are only kids once and trick or treating is so much fun. My children are older now, but when they were younger I allowed them two pieces on halloween night and we put the remaining in a big bowl for visitors and when they were good were allowed a few pieces. They were more excited to share their treats and were proud to tell about their night when they offer our guest their treats. I decorate cakes and froze the chocolate candies to melt later for icing. Have a safe halloween and hope your children have fun.

the kids are like to eat the candy because the candy are so sweaty and delicious i know these halloowen party are so many candy and he like them and he said and ask for me that bring treats for the halloowen party hehehe.....