never grow up, not me

I'm not sure when I stopped liking to dress up for Halloween. As a child it was one of my favorite holidays. Perhaps I need a little sprinkle of pixie dust a la Tinkerbell to fly me to Neverland with Wendy, Michael and John. A little less growing up, and a little more fun.

Though I didn't dress up yet another year, their excitement, their wonder, 

is sprinkled over me again...

and again...

and again, and I am instantly brought back to my childhood days.

"Cause growing up is awfuller, than all the awful things that ever were, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up, not me!"

{Peter Pan, the Broadway musical}