11/11/2023
God is good Amen from the rising of the sun until the going down is the same the name of the LORD'S NAME! IS TO BE PRAISED HALLELUJAH AMEN THANK YOU JESUS HALLELUJAH GLORY GOES TO GOD WHO'S LORD OF ALL AMEN UNTO GOD WHO'S HAS CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT AMEN HALLELUJAH BLESSED IT BE THE NAME OF THE LORD HALLELUJAH SATAN IS DEFEATED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY AMEN POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS AMEN HALLELUJAH THANK YOU PRECIOUS LORD JESUS CHRIST AMEN UNTO GOD FOR ALL THAT HE DOES FOR YOU ARE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! YOU HAVE CALLED US OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT AMEN HALLELUJAH BLESSED IT BE THE NAME OF THE LORD AMEN AND BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD AMEN? GOD HAS NOT GIVEN THE SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER LOVE AND A SOUND MIND AMEN AND PEOPLE DON'T FORGET TO PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE PSALM'S 122:6 THEY SHALL PROSPER THAT LOVE THEE AMEN UNTO GOD WHO'S HAS BEEN SO FAITHFUL AND SO GOOD ALL THE TIME AND ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD AMEN
I’ve always loved Halloween—especially when my girls were younger. It was so much fun to watch them dress up in their costumes and fill up their buckets with candy. Of course, like a lot of parents, I sometimes worried about how much candy they’d end up eating by the end of the night—and in the days that followed.
So over the years, I developed a strategy for special days like this. Throughout the year, I tried my best to keep sugar to a minimum. Our kids could eat as many fruits and vegetables as they wanted for snacks. I tried to make sure they weren’t eating a lot of added sugars in their diet in general.
Having some simple day-to-day ground rules like this had another big benefit, too: It meant that I didn’t mind letting them indulge a bit on nights like Halloween (or birthday parties or other holidays). It’s a strategy that worked well for our family, and I know that other families have found other tactics that work.
So this year, our team at PLEZi, the kids’ nutrition company that I’m proud to be a co-founder and strategic partner for, put together a few tips on navigating Halloween from a nutrition perspective. Not every parent will follow the same strategy with their own family, and that’s good—because it means we can learn from one another. So I’m curious—how do you all approach sugar consumption with your kids on Halloween? Let me know in the comments!