The Therapy Bill Increases...Again

You remember the Turkey, don't you?

Well, see, I never really told the kids that I'd be filling it with their Halloween candy that, without warning, was missing the morning after Halloween. In fact, I never really explained where the candy went because, well, no one asked. Sometimes a mom needs to just shut up and not make things harder for herself.

So that's what I did.

The Turkey made the trip to Canada with us, breaking several laws I'm sure. The Turkey was the talk of the table during every meal where he gracefully joined us knowing his death was imminent. While explaining to my brother the idea and the creative genius behind the Turkey, what with using the Halloween candy and all, I boasted about snatching my kids candy and re-using it without as much as a second thought to the fact that both of my children were within earshot.

The funny thing about kids is...they grow up. So, while one of my children paid absolutely no attention to the fact that this was her hard earned candy from Halloween, the other child took note but did not lead on that it bothered him one bit.

On Thanksgiving, after dinner, all the kids dumped the contents of the bird on the table and divvied it up in a frenzied After Thanksgiving Sale kind of way then they all sat at the table and devoured it. Simple and straight forward candy frenzy. The kind I like because there were no leftovers for me to consume.

Flash forward to this morning when we were driving back from the store. Just so you know, my son awoke at 4:00am hoping that today would be a snow day and that Daddy would get to stay home from work and play. So, as you can imagine, by 10:00am the kid was a wreck, beside himself, really, especially since the snow that was promised never came and Daddy went off to work like usual.

Where was I? Oh, yeah, while driving home from the store my son starts crying hysterically for what seemed like no reason at all. And, through his tears, he cries "Mom, I didn't even want you to give all my Halloween candy to my friends!" Just like that, completely out of the blue, he confesses how wronged he had been by me.

Honestly, I knew what I did was sneaky but I didn't know I would have repercussions weeks later after no upset during the actual candy consuming frenzy. I mustered the only thing I could think of in that desperate moment in my car, "Honey, don't you think it was better to share your candy with your cousins instead of having no candy at all?"

"Yes, " he replied, "But, it was mine and you didn't ask first!"