Ordinary yet Extraordinary Halloween

I'm not much in the way of a decorator for Halloween. I can pass on the skeletons and RIP tombstones but I like the holiday just the same, simply for the sake of dressing my kids up and sneaking some of their hard-earned candy. I carved my two pumpkins with precision and they are lit up out front while hundreds of trick-or-treaters pass by. Our community is swarmed with kids and I like that we all congregate together for the sake of seeing big toothy grins on our childrens faces.

It really is just like any other ordinary day except for the fact that the kids are wearing adorable costumes while cavities are trying to brew away in their pearly whites. However, it is extraordinary at the same time. We visit GG (great-grandma) and I see the incredible twinkle in her eyes as she hugs the next generation of her lineage. Then we head over to see grandma and the kids are as goofy as ever. Rather extraordinary, no?!

The ordinary comes out when the little lady outstretches both arms up at me while dressed like Cookie Monster and screams, "Mama, DANCE!" So I pick her up and we sway together while she giggles. We do this on a daily basis.

She's more interested in the special moments than wearing her costume and I relish in it.  The little boy kissed me shyly as I dropped him off at school today and throughout the day I thought about how extraordinary it is that my 7 year old will still do that. He won't hold my hand while the he trick-or-treats but I still smile as he sees his friends and runs off ahead. It's a good day. It's ordinary and extraordinary all at once. And I've got lots of photos to keep the memory alive.....