Halloween

Halloween was different this year...

Our family has grown...

It has changed...

 

This is the 1st year Olivier didn't go trick or treating...

It seemed so strange...

After 12 years of costume planning...

Of getting ready...The excitement...

Of watching him walk up the driveway...

Of counting candies...

This has all come to an end...

My very 1st trick or treater...

Has grown-up...

After giving out the candies...

I drove him to the movies...

And I wondered...

As I looked as the big boy sitting next to me...

How did he grow up so fast...

But with this change...

I have gained a friend...

We can sit in the car and talk about anything...

He knows he can come to me any time...

He knows I will always be there for him...

We have built a strong relationship...

And this to me...

Is priceless...

 

 

With Olivier passing out candies...

Me and Ben were able to go trick or treating...

Together...

The very 1st time...

And as we ran after 2 excited little minis...

We smiled at each other...

Thinking...

Here we go again...

Helping 2 toddlers...

Up the stairs...Through the crowds...Lugging their candies...

How lucky we are...

 

We get to relive the excitement...

The anticipation...

The preparation...

The stories...

The uneasiness of seeing a ghost or a witch...

All over again...

Seeing Halloween through the eyes of our minis...

The 1st Halloween that they really understand...

Reliving all of this...

One last time...

 

So yes...

Halloween was different this year...

Different in so many ways...

But we cherish every one...

For time goes by...

And I know the time will come...

When all of this...

Will be a memory...