Christmas = Candy?

I spent yesterday afternoon hanging out in the girls Classrooms for their Christmas parties. The 5th graders had a buffet of food that included cookies, brownies, rice Krispy treats, soda, nachos and more! They stacked their plates high with cookies, some kids had three plates of junk they took back to their seats. In Julia's 3rd grade class it was more of the same. They frosted cookies and decorated with M&M's, skittles, sprinkles. They had lots of food out for their party too. Last week they brought home gingerbread houses. We left ours a Grandma and Papa's house. I missed Jayda's party in morning Kindergarten, but she did bring home a stocking with candy canes, chocolates, and other goodies. I can only imagine that her classroom had an identical display of food as well.
THIS is real life. Almost every reward in the classroom includes candy. At Halloween, there was a spider station where they took Ding Dongs, and used licorice to make the legs.
The whole time I'm thinking about how REAL LIFE will be for Jillian, when she gets to school. I've already decided that I will take on the task of Room Mom for Kindergarten when the twins get there, but I can't do that every year and I certainly don't want her to miss out on the fun. Hopefully fun doesn't have to equal sugar. I'm thinking a little support group may not be a bad idea now.