This was the first year we instituted the eat it before it gets tossed out rule.

First I clean out the unacceptable stuff.. (I have one kid who reacts to red dye 40, and the other just got braces, so no sticky candy like wacky taffy or caramels). I brought that stuff to work.

A few days of gorging, and then it’s over.
So – after dinner, they could have a bunch.
They had an FLL competition this weekend – I brought some of their stash for after they competed but before the awards ceremony.
Yesterday they killed it off.

Yes – they got tummy aches- that’s part of the natural consequences… perhaps they’ll learn.

And now I have a house free of candy.

Kids don’t feel deprived – because they got all the candy (with the exceptions listed above).