the top ten reasons you know halloween is over ...

10. this child

shared his bag of runts and gave you a pineapple because that's your favorite of that nasty candy.

9. a little later he brought you ALL of the pineapples in his GRIMY little hand. and you take them and act like it's the best treat ever. (and casually hide it over on the counter for later disposal, his hands were THAT dirty, but you wanted to be graceful in accepting the very thoughtful gift)

8.you look through the kids bags of candy and steal all of the mini butterfingers. but not the butterfinger crisp because those aren't your fave.

7.your bathtub looks like this from washing out the colored hairspray.

AND YOU HAVE TO BODILY FORCE THEM TO LET YOU HELP THEM SO THEY WILL GET all OF IT OUT. AND THE LAST ONE WITH COLOR HAD TO SCRUB THE TUB WHILE THEY WERE IN THERE. BEFORE THEY COULD GET OUT. (really they did get out and you had to threaten the heck of of them to get back in so you could do the job right) and it took 2 washings for the water to run clear. AND you consider swearing off the colored spray FOREVER!

6. you have to remove makeup off of your 4,6 and 9 year olds using real make-up remover. and they still have eyeliner residue. once again giving you a glimpse of what they will look like in their teenage years.

5. your recently mopped and swept floors are littered here and there with candy wrappers. and bitten and ditched candy from your fickle 2 year old.

4.you have to remove exactly 4 sticky suckers from the upholstered chair in the front room.

3.they try to bring their bag of candy everywhere they go. including but not limited to: the bathroom counter during the hair washing fiasco, to bed, to watch TV, to Grandma's house,into the office for computer game play, and bothering you in your bed both in the morning and while you are trying to nap.

2.you tell the kids to brush their teeth every time you see them.

and the 1 reason you know Halloween is over?

you discover this

we have a free reign policy with the candy. i like it to go as fast as possible. there is nothing more irritating to me than a candy hoarder. but i don't like it to get left on the floor, or brought everywhere.

QUESTIONS?

what is your candy eating style?

do you like to hoard? or prefer to eat the good stuff and trade the other stuff?

what do you let your kids do?

what's the first thing you steal from your kids bag?

where is the oddest place you found candy?

Mine has to be waking up stuck to the sheet from a peanut butter blossom(taffy) in my bed earlier this month. my hip was sticky all day!