Halloween party!!!

Well if any of you know Luke (Angi's 2 1/2 year old) and Isabelle you know that I had fun at the Halloween party. We had a fun supper at Jesse and Daelene's. The kids were all putting on costumes, makeup, etc. Kind of craaazeee!! but so fun! Lots of energy! Then the mad dash from house to house, the thrill of those treats dropping into the bucket, the feel of the bucket getting heavier and the sillouettes of trick or treaters running everywhere. After the second house, I said to Luke, "What do you say?" He says, "Wet's GO!!" Didn't take him long to catch on.

I was already there and Bobbi and Lance drove out later with Scarlett. Just so she could watch everyone for awhile. She asked for a cheeseburger all the way out to the house and after she got there that is all she would say when anyone talked to her. Otherwise she sat pretty quiet and just watched everyone. They did not give her a transfusion Monday because her counts were ok but she was pretty pale. She just kept quietly asking for a cheeseburger. Finally Nikki went out and got her a cheeseburger and she just quietly sat at the table focusing on her eating. Lance asked her if he could have some of her cheeseburger and she said, "No, you get yo' own." They brought her out to a few houses and then she watched the kids for a bit. Then Lance took her back in with Jeff and Eden. When we finished and Luke and Isabelle finally confessed that they were getting cold and tired we went back to examine the spoils.

Finally they were ready to go and Scarlett looked pretty pale. We sort of wondered if it had been wise to bring her but on the way home she said, "Mom! We went to Halloween pawty!" So even though she was pretty quiet she got to do something different and she was glad. The cheeseburger obviously was not enough because she ate at 3 am, 6 am and back in the kitchen asking Lance to make eggs by 9 am.

Chemo is brutal but we are grateful for many blessings. So glad they are here and together, grateful for a wonderful hospital, Ronald McDonald House, that Scarlett is eating and that she seems fairly stable, and for prayers and faith, family and friends. Just riding the roller coaster!