Just a quick update to let you all know that Candy Mountain Consumption 08 was a blast!
Oh, and Braden really didn’t eat all THAT much candy – after all, most of the crap they sell is too dangerous for him (Runts = Choking Hazard, Laffy Taffy = Certain Death, etc) and anything chocolate has milk in it, which he can’t have. So he’s the SweetTarts Kid.
If you’ll notice above, he’s after Mommy’s heart by being obsessive and weird – stacking them up before eating them.
God, I love that freakazoid.
Before we started the gluttony fest, “we” made this Jack-O-Mutant:
Then we broke out The Canday.
Braden ate just enough SweetTarts so that he started chasing the dog all over the house, repeating his name over and over and over and over again.
“Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack, Zack….”
The Mexican showed great restraint and did not cut him or yell, “Shut up, eeediot!”
Later, I heard a crunching noise and looked over to see why The Mexican was being nice. Braden was slipping SweetTarts to him, too.
And so the chain of candy sharing was lengthened, and all was good.
PS: I made sure the fetus got a taste of every single type of candy that Braden couldn’t have.





















#1 by Kat on November 1, 2008 - 2:01 AM
Speaking of the fetus – he kinda looks like a cute little dinosaur baby now! Dinosaurs loves canday, nom nom nom.
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#2 by river on November 1, 2008 - 3:33 AM
“The fetus got a taste of every single type of candy.” Well that’s a great idea. Get him/her used to different flavours early and you’ll have no problem with mealtimes later. Don’t forget to also introduce other less common foods, like broccoli, brussels sprouts and bean sprouts. He/she will be WAY ahead of the other babies when it comes to solid foods.
#3 by Lisa on November 1, 2008 - 6:43 AM
LOL Kat…does sorta look like a baby dinosaur.
Glad you ended up having a good Halloween. Denying fetus candy would of been wrong. Glad you made the right choice
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#4 by Taz on November 1, 2008 - 7:08 AM
HEHE..
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#5 by stephanie on November 1, 2008 - 7:43 AM
Sounds like good times!
I can totally picture the chasing the dog around repeating his name thing. Amazing what a little sugar can do!
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#6 by Deb on November 1, 2008 - 7:48 AM
Your new baby will be a culinary expert in all things Halloween candy. Glad you had fun.
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#7 by Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) on November 1, 2008 - 8:01 AM
You’re a good mother to get the baby acclimated.
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#8 by Suzanne on November 1, 2008 - 8:07 AM
I can totally see running after the Mexican in a sugar frenzy.
Meanwhile, when fetus and Braden are much older, the first thing after “Good Morning, Mom” on the morning after is “Can I have some of my candy?” Just saying!
The jack o lantern is awesome, too.
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#9 by A Jill of All Trades on November 1, 2008 - 10:24 AM
I’m sure the fetus was inside chasing something around your belly just as Braden was!!!
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#10 by Patsy Bain on November 1, 2008 - 10:35 AM
Glad your evening was enjoyable. I love sweet tarts. They are my favorite non-chocolate candies. And aren’t you supposed to stack them before you eat them and when you stack them you have to have a pattern to the colors or it that just me?????
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#11 by NGS on November 1, 2008 - 10:36 AM
That’s a great pumpkin! I’m impressed with the scariness of it!!
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#12 by A Whole Lot of Nothing on November 1, 2008 - 11:00 AM
This Mama had way too much candy and paid the price. I’m glad you took the chocolate from him for yourself, or I’d ask you to send it to me.
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#13 by Karen on November 1, 2008 - 11:44 AM
I love the picture of his hands stacking the candy. Very nice!
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#14 by orlund on November 1, 2008 - 12:46 PM
poor kid, no milk chocolate? what about dark chocolate? Whats going to happen at Christmas? Chocolate is the only candy I LOVE.
Sounds like he had fun, should have posted a video of him chasing the dog, would have loved to see it.
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#15 by sherendipity on November 1, 2008 - 12:53 PM
omg. i love that you call your dog the mexican.
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#16 by Karleigh on November 1, 2008 - 12:57 PM
You should have made a video of it! Oh well, it’s still funny.
#17 by Simply Fearless on November 1, 2008 - 2:48 PM
Absolutely fabulous photos!
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#18 by Christy on November 1, 2008 - 6:20 PM
I too would be totally in love with the obsessive stacking technique–a boy after my own heart! But, OMG–ICK! I am so SICK of Halloween candy. Literally sick!
#19 by Jacque on November 1, 2008 - 6:52 PM
I stack my sweet tarts also!
*lol* I can just picture your little one chasing the dog around! Love It
#20 by Eve on November 1, 2008 - 9:16 PM
Good of you to watch out for the fetus that we. Wouldn’t want the poor little thing to be deprived just because he’s unborn.
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#21 by lceel on November 1, 2008 - 10:04 PM
You’ll be lucky if ‘The Fetus’ doesn’t go on a sugar high and start doing a tap dance in there.
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#22 by Tranny Head on November 1, 2008 - 10:07 PM
Damnit – and I was going to suggest you mail ME all of your rejected stuff. Well – except the Mounds. Which are just gross.
I ate my kid’s stuff, too. It was hawt!
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#23 by Raging Dad on November 1, 2008 - 10:17 PM
That jack-o-lantern picture is great! Super creepy.
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#24 by Rachel on November 2, 2008 - 12:05 AM
That top pic is fab ulous.
Love it.
Happy late hallereen
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#25 by Corina - Down to Earth Mama on November 2, 2008 - 8:47 AM
So funny about sharing the candy with Braden’s unborn sibling!
We went to my parents to go trick or treating after circulating our neighborhood. This is the first Halloween where the kids lived close enough to go see my parents. I was reminded of a tradition that my dad used to have when we were kids. The kids had to pay their “taxes”.
And so the tradition continues…..
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