Halloween events…
Halloween is now over, much to Ally’s dismay. We attended lots of Halloween event this year…the Friends of Kids with Cancer party…the kids had a blast - Ally even got to pet a baby camel and a 15 food python - Benjamin loved “fishing” for treats. The next weekend, we went to the pumpkin patch. Benjamin ran all around the field looking for his pumpkin. Ally got to ride a pony for the first time. She was thrilled (and as you can imagine, so were Brad and I…we thought she’d freak out, but she LOVED it!!)! — The weekend after that, we went to BOO at the Zoo for a bit. It was the first Saturday we didn’t have to do chemo, so we went. (Ally’s chemo was the day before…another lumbar puncture and chemo.) The kids absolutely love the zoo.
This past weekend was actually Halloween. Thanks to his cousin, Blake, Benjamin had another Halloween costume this year. He went as Batman (minus the hood…he wanted nothing to do with it). This is the first Halloween he was able to trick or treat for real. Once he realized he was getting candy, he was all over it! (He’s never even really eaten candy, but he knows it is something good!) Ally was a witch. She looked adorable! She kept saying she was wearing a beautiful dress ;-). The weather was gorgeous, so Brad was able to take them both out for trick or treating. He loaded both kids in the wagon and stopped by the houses on our side of the circle. Ally would run up to the door, Benjamin not far behind. Brad would ring the doorbell, and the kids would say, “Trick or Treat!” Brad was each time they thanked the neighbors…good kids!! It was so cute watching them go from house to house. They were all excited! Soon, Ally was “all done”, so they all returned to our house where we sat on the porch and passed out our candy. Benjamin liked to put candy in the bags of the trick or treaters. — Ally asked to go trick or treating on Saturday and Sunday. She hasn’t quite realized that Halloween only comes around once a year.
Aside from Halloween, the kids are doing well. Ally sounds a bit “gunky” right now, but Dr. Bob checked her Saturday and said her lungs are clear. This is par for the course this time of year for little Ally Pally. Benjamin is able to take his shirts off now. On any given day, when I go into his room in the morning, he’ll have at least one arm out of his pajama top. The other day, I had him in pj’s that zipped up the front. When I went into his room, he had them all the way unzipped. That is his big “trick now”…unzipping his zippers.