I only have a few more weeks with the child (mom is pregnant and due soon). So not worth my effort to tell them not to bring candy. They have no control over the child...she does as she pleases and knows that they cant say no to her. She knows I run the show here and when she steps through my door she doesn't attempt to try and get her way. If she put up any fuss here on my end then I would be insisting they send her empty handed that's for sure!

She's shown up at the door with a half eaten purple Popsicle...that they let her eat in the car and somehow expected I would let her eat here in my house at 8am. She's shown up days in a row with canisters of cocoa powder (like the fair trade, organic really expensive cans) covered head to toe in powder because she would open them in the car. The parents just let her bring what she wants in the hope they can get her here with out a fuss. It would be more effort on everyone's part for me to tell them to step up and be the parent and take control.

My favorite is that the child gets to control her window in the car. She shows up wet from the rain or frozen in the cold mornings because she likes it open.

How I wish I could be a fly on their wall when baby #2 arrives!

Anyways...point of post was just to shake my head. How can they even have any candy at this point? The child was too scared to even go trick or treating so they have to be restocking it for her. Which I find even more baffling. If it isn't in the house she can't demand it all the time. Perhaps they all binge on it all day long.