Why it was a BIG mistake: These boys are getting bigger! Bigger means a higher candy threshold. And wow, I was really impressed (in a bad way) at how much they could really eat. Or, in Ollie's case, how many things he could sample and then leave all over the table. (Gee, sound like someone last year? At least the boy is consistent.) The only real food ingested was some leftover pizza at lunch. For dinner Rhett had a main course of Starbursts, a side dish of Reese's peanut butter cup, and dessert of Kit Kat. Sounds like all the food groups! Ollie was less formal. "Oh, I want that. Now I want that. And NOW I want that." Sometimes it all went into his mouth at the same time, sometimes it was, as previously mentioned, just left on the table.
But why we'll do it again: After three later-nights and one day of total candy craziness, the boys were tired. And seeing as though Sunday marked the end of daylight saving time, it was perfect timing. The boys slept until...wait for it...6:40 a.m. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. This is 7:40 a.m. body time, people. It's nothing short of a miracle.
glad it worked for you guys! do you freeze the candy? i hear that works well.
ReplyDeleteso our boys are older and i just didn't feel right in taking their candy away. so we let them have at it on saturday and sunday (but no food/candy after 3 pm so they'll maybe eat dinner . . .). then it's up all week and will be back out for the weekend. we'll do that until it's gone - which will be sooner for some (the girls) and later for others (Miles).
This is totally awesome except that 6:40/7:40 is a miracle.... In such a case I wish you many, many more miracles throughout your life.
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