"Candy is not good for me!"

Jason was trying to explain the concept of Halloween to three-year-old Ellie this morning.

He told her that on Halloween, she would dress up and go door-to-door, asking people for candy. Ellie gave him a withering look and said, "But Daddy, candy is not good for me!"

Jason was taken aback by this, and tried to say that a little candy is okay on special occasions, but she wasn't buying it. "No, Daddy, candy is bad for my teeth!" To which Daddy replied that this is why we brush our teeth after having candy. She still wasn't convinced, and she remained very concerned about candy being bad for teeth. Later, we were reading a library book that ends with a mother giving her son "lots of candy kisses," and Ellie anxiously added, "But his mommy gave him a toothbrush and some toothpaste, too!"