Trick or Treat

Traditions feel good.  My kids like having them.  I love repeating the rituals of my own childhood.  We do these fun unusual things that set the day apart from all the others.  Sometimes we can see too many magazine pictures, Pinterest posts, or movies of the perfect holiday, that can cause our own holidays to seem inadequate.  I wasn't going to carve the pumpkin because I had no unique clever idea or the energy to execute it.  Thankfully I changed my mind.  I had the best time making  a simple jack-o'-lantern with Libby and Tommy.  It was a wonderful reminder for me heading into the holiday season (which I insanely love), to keep my focus on the people and the reasons that we do all these things.