Joyful Noises times six!: Bartering

My inspiration for this record of my days:

“The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” -Anna Quindlen

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Bartering

Halloween is not my favorite Holiday. I could get excited about it once a year… maybe. But we had to do it 3 times this year! Anyway… that is not the point of this post. The part that I do love about Halloween is the sorting and bartering. After trick-or-treating, my kids all sort and re-sort their candy into piles. It gets organized by colors, size, ingredients or how much they like each piece.

Then the bartering begins. “I’ll give you 2 tootsie rolls for that Reeses.” “No way! Reeses are worth at least 4 tootsie rolls!” “How about 2 tootsie rolls for a gumball?” Some of the kids drive a super hard bargain, others just like to make others happy, so they give up their favorites. As much as I dislike the fact that we have so much candy, I can’t help but smile.

Here are our costumes this year: