Today is Halloween and our family has a very complicated way of celebrating it. Although this morning is pretty relaxing, this evening will be running around.

I’m looking forward to spending some time with the kids but it’s a little weird, a little different. I’m used to doing everything on my own and now, it looks a lot more like a family. It’s really too bad that the weather is not so great because, even though some of the elements of this evening are stressig me out (like having to go to stepson’s mom’s house for a little while so she can be part of his Halloween), I’m just happy that I get to share this moment with someone else.

I feel like we are building a new tradition. We are creating memories. I’m so happy for my daughter because that’s what I want most for her, memories that will remain, memories she can look back to when she is an adult. A real childhood!