Guest guest Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 <<<< I took trick or treating yesterday.>> geez! I totally forgot about it !!! well, belated happy halloween for you all!! F p.s. I hope will feels better soon !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 In a message dated 10/22/2005 11:20:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kneeleee@... writes: At any rate, he wants to dress up as a black cat again this year. Tell Reece that black cats are a favorite of mine. I have the whole outside of my house decorated in black cats. Conor is going to be Boba Fett. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 When about 5 years old, and preparing for his first real trick or treat night, my son simply refused to wear any costume. I eventually bought him a Construction Workers consume complete with hard hat and tool belt to wear in the house " just for fun " . After he wore it a few times, he agreed to wear it as on Halloween , but insisted it was not a " Costume " , he just had a thing about not wearing one. Andy ( ) Halloween > How is everyone doing with Halloween coming up? I still remember two > years > ago when Reece (then 7 yo, HFA) would have to check what was available in > the > bowl before allowing people to put candy in his bag. He refused a lot of > candy and left a lot of people with their mouths a bit drooping from the > rude > little picky boy. lol. He actually argued with a teenager who insisted > he > had to take the candy. He ran off yelling, " I don't want your candy! " > with > the teen chasing down the driveway. I just stood there marveling at the > irony > of my life. lol. Explaining to him that he can take candy he doesn't > necessarily like and trade it later with his siblings did not even > register. I > don't know if it will click this year either. We'll see! > > At any rate, he wants to dress up as a black cat again this year. This > is > his one and only costume choice. I guess he thinks it worked well in the > past, why not do it again. I have suggested other costumes but he has > already > decided - black cat. Again. My dh says, " Why fight it? " and I probably > won't. > > > Never a boring moment. lol. > > Roxanna > _kneeleee@..._ (mailto:kneeleee@...) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 ppanda65@... wrote: In a message dated 10/22/2005 11:20:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kneeleee@... writes: At any rate, he wants to dress up as a black cat again this year. Tell Reece that black cats are a favorite of mine. I have the whole outside of my house decorated in black cats. Conor is going to be Boba Fett. Pam Reece would fit in at your house then! Roxanna Always Remember You're Unique Just Like Everyone Else --------------------------------- FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 In a message dated 10/23/2005 9:52:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, roxanna_neely@... writes: Reece would fit in at your house then! Send him right on over!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 ppanda65@... wrote: In a message dated 10/23/2005 9:52:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, roxanna_neely@... writes: Reece would fit in at your house then! Ohhh, shouldn't have said that. The box with air holes - open soon. lol. Tonight he is TALKING TO ME LIKE THIS and every two seconds he is giving me bullet points on things. It is wearing me out! Roxanna Always Remember You're Unique Just Like Everyone Else --------------------------------- FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 In a message dated 10/26/2005 9:19:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, roxanna_neely@... writes: Ohhh, shouldn't have said that. The box with air holes - open soon. lol. Tonight he is TALKING TO ME LIKE THIS and every two seconds he is giving me bullet points on things. It is wearing me out! Don't feel alone..Conor is walking around reading non stop from a World War II book. That is his latest interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 LOL just reading this and thinking YUP this is why I join a group like this. some other parents would just say.. " oh he's so smart " etc.. but then.. it is EXHAUSTING as a parent to listen to all the time!! it doesn't mean we don't love our kids.. or relish in their accomplishments.. but sometimes you just want to hit the MUTE button LOL -- Re: ( ) Halloween In a message dated 10/26/2005 9:19:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, roxanna_neely@... writes: Ohhh, shouldn't have said that. The box with air holes - open soon. lol. Tonight he is TALKING TO ME LIKE THIS and every two seconds he is giving me bullet points on things. It is wearing me out! Don't feel alone..Conor is walking around reading non stop from a World War II book. That is his latest interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hi everyone- just wanted to see what everyone was dressing their kiddos up for halloween? I am going with a Football player (easy enough right?) Hope everyone has a safe and fun halloween Kristy Zach Starband almost 3 months 14mm plagio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 My son happens to like the crap this is typically GFCF, anyway. One year, when he was much younger, we made really fun cookies and cupcakes he could eat. He went trick or treating like everyone else but I tossed all of his candy the next day. He got a few pieces of GFCF candy on Halloween night and had a blast running from house to house. The neighbors cracked up because he was the kid who would just walk in to the house when they opened the front door (much more interested in exploring than the candy!). It was a bit depressing for Mom to watch, but he enjoyed himself. One day eating HFCS and too much sugar didn't hurt. This year he is 9. He will go trick or treating and keep only the gluten free candy. Most houses let you choose what you want out of the bowl, and he'll pick what he thinks he can keep! He'll be OK with that aside from a little whining when he has to pass on the Kit Kat bars. Pam > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Every year we have bought a new decoration for the house (like a spider that falls on a string when you walk by or a talking skeleton with flashing eyes) and have made a certain part of the house a haunted house. We do bobbing for apples and pumpkin bowling using christmas lights to line the bowling lane. On Halloween night, we take the kids to pick out a toy from Toys R Us, usually give them like a $10 limit. Liz > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Oh, my son is going to ask if they have gluten free candy, for sure! > > We go trick or treating. We throw away all the candy and I make them special treats that they can have (which is a blast for them anyways since they dont get those treats very often). I can get a few things from the natural candy store online too. They don't seem to mind throwing away the candy, they mostly forget about it (so far anyways 5 & 3). I have been preparing my son NOT to ask for gluten free (and associated other " frees " ) candy when we go to houses lol. > > > From: pominvillek > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:30 AM > > Subject: [ ] Halloween > > > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 This is what we do: we buy some inexpensive prizes we know he'll like like markers, crayons, gf modeling clay, stickers, etc... We take him trick or treating and then he ha to buy the prizes with the candy that he got. We used to go to a particular neighborhood and give the prizes to the families to put in his bag, but then we decided to go to a neighborhood that really does up Halloween with lots of neat decorations, so now we just have him buy the prizes with the candy. My son remembers the horrible stomach pains he used to get from eating gluten, so he is just okay with us telling him he can't have certain things. He always pics who he wants to be. He was Sponge Bob a couple of years ago and looked so cute! Last yer he was a police officer, and this year he wants to go as Darth Vader of all things! We go to this neighborhood early as it is a popular spot and can get really crowded, but he handles it okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > Some choices include a special party for them where only safe treats are available - and LOOOOTS of those, or let them go around, but trade in their treats 1 for 1 with safe ones when they get home. Maybe even give them some bonus treats too. Tell them the treats they collected are being given to poor children who don't get any halowe'en treats or something like that so they feel good about it AND get more treats. This is a relatively difficult issue and can cause lots of family strife. Andy http://www.noamalgam.com/index.html Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities http://www.noamalgam.com/nourishinghope.html Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition Intervention for Healing Our Children http://www.noamalgam.com/biologicaltreatments.html Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 My guys goes out and then I let him pick out a new " something " he wants in place. He'll be 8 and that's always worked. For school parties, I make sure he has some safe treats and at home too. Tammy [ ] Halloween With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Mine loves the door to door so we pay her .5 or .10 cents (depending how many candies she brings back) per candy and let her go to the store to pick something out. We do this along with giving her a few treat bags she can have. Boo! On 2010-10-10, at 5:14 PM, Tammy Kuhn wrote: > My guys goes out and then I let him pick out a new " something " he wants in place. He'll be 8 and that's always worked. For school parties, I make sure he has some safe treats and at home too. > > Tammy > > [ ] Halloween > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 We buy our son's candy from him (anywhere from .05-.25 per piece depending on if it's tiny or a full size bar) after he trick or treats. My husband takes it all into his office for the staff, and we take my son out to pick out a new toy. Everyone is happy, and my son still goes trick or treating with all his friends. > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Our homeschool group is doing a " NO CANDY " trunk er treat event for holloween... just little toys, stickers, etc.... deb > > > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > > > > Some choices include a special party for them where only safe treats are available - and LOOOOTS of those, or > > let them go around, but trade in their treats 1 for 1 with safe ones when they get home. Maybe even give them some bonus treats too. Tell them the treats they collected are being given to poor children who don't get any halowe'en treats or something like that so they feel good about it AND get more treats. > > This is a relatively difficult issue and can cause lots of family strife. > > Andy > > http://www.noamalgam.com/index.html > Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment > > http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html > Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities > > http://www.noamalgam.com/nourishinghope.html > Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition Intervention for Healing Our Children > > http://www.noamalgam.com/biologicaltreatments.html > Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 I do 2 things...I buy diet approved candy to exchange with the bad stuff and I let him pick out a Lego or other toy he wants and when he hands his bag over to me, he gets the toy. He is 9 and this has been working for the past 4-5 years... Jill > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 I wanted to mention...I buy candy at www.naturalcandystore.com . They have candy listed by GF, Feingold, etc. so it make sit easy to find candy that is appropriate for your childs needs.. Jill > > With all our kids food restcritions I am wondering how everyone deals with the issues of this holiday. I stil want my child to have fun and make good memories. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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