Paul and the Family

Last night our kids got some candy at our Stake Halloween party/”Trunk or Treat” activity. This morning Adam was sitting on the stairs with his candy bucket, pulling out pieces and putting them onto the stairs.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“Sorting my candy,” he replied.

I looked closer and, sure enough, he was sorting his candy

If you look closely at the picture, you can probably figure out his organizational system

Personally, when I sort candy, I tend to sort it by kind — I group gum in a pile, suckers in a pile, chocolate in a pile, a pile of stuff I don’t want to keep, etc.

Adam’s organizational scheme is a little different, but extremely logical. This fits perfectly with his personality — he’s always been a logical, ordered, sorting and organizing kind of person.

In case you haven’t figured it out by now, he sorted his candy by color (either the color of the wrapper or the color of the candy if the wrapper is transparent). He had a brown pile, an orange pile, a red pile, a rainbow pile (for multi-colored candy like smarties), etc.

Sarah decided to join in the fun, and organize her candy too: