November is in full force!
Over the past few weeks, through my kitchen window, I have been watching my neighbor’s little maple tree turn from lush green to vibrant yellow and then slowly turn crimson. It was been really a magnificent journey. Each day the beautiful colors would make me catch my breath. They were so vivid and were a true testament that Autumn is here. One day I noticed that a few leaves were falling off of it. As the day progressed, I noticed that it wasn’t just a few leaves, it was as if the tree had decided to just let go of its leaves and they were falling in bunches; hordes even. I am now looking at a naked tree. From Friday to Monday, all the leaves have fallen and November has begun. A new season is truly here.
I am a bit disappointed with myself. I thought over and over again that I should take some photos. Not once did I do that. I always had an excuse. My main excuse was that it wasn’t a very good composition with the fence in the way. Now I have missed my chance. Yeah, sure I might be able to try again next year, but in reality it won’t be the same tree. Even if we weren’t moving in a month, the tree would be different, more grown and older.
I have these same thoughts about my kids. Oh, I don’t want to get the camera out right now, I’m (insert lame excuse here). We have to just get out the camera and shoot away or we will miss these precious moments forever.
Each turning season reminds me that my children are getting older. This Halloween I was reminded of that by thinking about what they had dressed as in past years. This year we had an Indiana Jones and a Wall-e. I am remiss to report that I didn’t dress Magnus up. He was going to be a sailor but I didn’t do it. How’s that for letting time pass? I didn’t even give him the chance to be something. In the end, I really don’t think it mattered because he had a really good time helping dad hand out candy to Trick-or-Treaters.
Our neighborhood was a mad house. My husband would sit down for literally 30 seconds and the doorbell would ring. This went on all night - for a solid three hours. We totally ran out of candy. I think it was about the same time that our neighbors also ran out of candy too so it worked out.
All in all, we had a wonderful Halloween. My boys loved their costumes. Gar was wearing Wall-e for the next two days and talking in a Wall-e voice. Uly has been wearing his Indy hat and playing with his whip every chance he can. He even asked to sleep with his whip the other night. Good times!
They have been stuffing themselves with candy. Ben and I just let them eat their candy until they couldn’t eat anymore. I love how they will randomly appear with a sucker in their mouth after I think that all the candy is gone. I may be finding little stashes through the next year! That’s part of the fun of Halloween!
I hope your Halloween was a good one and your kids had fun and their bellies are full of sugar. I also hope you drug out that camera and managed to get some great shots of your kids. But more importantly, I hope you managed to get some shots of your kids. The most important thing is to document their fun and memories. We don’t need to be discouraged if our photos don’t turn out exactly as we had hoped. We just need to take some. Along the way we will end up with some great ones. Hopefully!
