Nuked by my toddler today

annettemarc wrote:

In 1983, when our kids were little (ages 3, 5 and 6) I bribed them on Halloween. (Mother-of-the-Year I ain't.) I told them that if I didn't have to make costumes and go Trick-or-Treating with them, I would give each of them money to go buy whatever candy they wanted the next day. We negotiated a while, and settled on a buy-off of $5 per kid. I figured we'd go to the store the next day, they'd each buy a big bag of Halloween candy and everyone would be happy. Got to the store and there was a "sales spectacular!" ... Full-sized candy bars were five-for-a-dollar. Three Musketeers, Milky Ways, Almond Joys, etc. To this day, they reminisce fondly about it: " Remember that time Mom bought us the seventy-five candy bars?"

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Sounds like a win-win. You had an easier (and cheaper) Halloween, and they got more than they otherwise would have. :mrgreen:

Of course, they probably got way more than was good for them...