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" Today was the big Halloween Parade at the elementary school, and David was just about as excited as you can get to be wearing his Harry Potter Quidditch costume, complete with Nimbus 2000 broom. He decided that he wanted to be Harry Potter this year, but if he was going to be Harry Potter, he was darn sure he was going to be able to fly. The kids were with Peter last night, and when he dropped them off this morning, that costume was all David could talk about. I smiled at Peter and reassured him I&amp;#039;d be taking pictures of the Halloween parade, as usual. &amp;quot;What parade? The Halloween parade is today? Why didn&amp;#039;t I know that?&amp;quot; He asked, and he seemed mad. &amp;quot;Oh\u2026.I\u2026.um\u2026..do you want to go?&amp;quot; I asked, sheepishly. &amp;quot;Just tell work you&amp;#039;ll be in late.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;No, I can&amp;#039;t do that.&amp;quot; he said. And then I promised pictures once again, and he left. Of course, I felt bad all morning for not telling him, and I still do. The truth is, it didn&amp;#039;t even cross my mind. I&amp;#039;ve been attending the Halloween parade at the elementary school since Anna was a kindergartner, five years ago, and he&amp;#039;s never attended once. He could never take the time off work, so I was always the one who went. It just plain never occurred to me that he might want to go this year. Did you find your ex to do things he never did before with the kids? Did it take you by surprise? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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