Halloween

The holiday kicked off a week or 2 early at this trunk or treat at church.  This is my brother's car.  I thought it was pretty awesome.  His wife dressed up as a dentist and the car kept in theme.  (And he's going to dental school, so it's very fitting and her costume was pretty official)

...checking out their loot....

After we went on a little walk in the woods & Emmett loved the leaves & asked to be buried in them.

On real Halloween, we started off the day by saying hi to our friend, but that is a different story for later....

The week of Halloween was Emmett's 8th round of chemo. It was an outpatient round, which is kind of nice. This is his 2nd round that was outpatient (I believe the 6th round was also outpatient). Instead of having to be in the hospital for a week, we just go to the clinic every day. What determines this is which chemo drugs are on for that round; some drugs are a continuous infusion over 48 or 72 hours, which means he has to stay overnight. Other drugs are shorter-just an hour or 2 even 4 or 5, so we can get them in clinic instead of the hospital and go home each day.
Halloween fell on Wednesday of that week and was actually pretty fun at the Jimmy Fund Clinic! It had been decorated all week, a lot of the staff were in costume, there was a pizza party, plus it was nice to have such an upbeat day there. Most of all, though, they know how to trick or treat!

First, they gave all the kids a cute little box of treats.  

I thought this was his box for trick or treating.  I was wrong.

Boy, was I wrong...they give out pillowcases for that!!  The box full of treats was just an appetizer.

Emmett LOVES this shopping cart they have in clinic (or shopping trolley as one of my favorite docs from downunder calls it).  Our social worker asked if Emmett wanted to take a push toy to help walk around for Trick or Treating and that turned out to be a great idea. First, because he loves to push it and it helps him balance while walking and second, because it was a great holder for his candy.  In case the pillowcase didn't shout greedy, 'fill my shopping cart' sure did.  This is his buddy Richi.  He LOVES Halloween (but not candy).  Since he lives in Spain where it's not really celebrated, he was VERY excited to celebrate here.  How awesome is his costume?!  He helped Emmett push his cart when he got tired.  (Don't you love that the hall light above them looks like a monster's eye?!  How appropriate)

It didn't take long at all to figure out how ToT worked. 

I think this was half the group.  There weren't a ton of kids, but the employees that had brought candy brought enough for a lot of kids, so they were pretty generous.

Emmett doesn't really eat candy....or anything for that matter...but he sure gets excited seeing it.  He'd try to pick up one of each color and of course if I tried to stop him, the Trick or Treatee would have none of that and would instead help him with his goal. 

Trick or Treating is a lot of work, so he got tired again & I helped him this time.  We went to the 16th floor,

 the cafeteria, down another hall and all through the clinic.  Not bad. And I'm not trying to show off
his manly kid chest-he was pretty hot in this bad boy costume.  The clinic pumps the AC in summer and keeps it toasty warm in winter!

A fellow ATRT champ, Kasey.  She's from Ireland!

 Back at home that evening:

Cousins Tys and Ben came over for Halloween Dinner and then a little ToT time

I decided to go the extra mile when I made corn muffins for dinner.

Oops (or Utz!, as Emmett likes to say) -I forgot to put on the timer,
but they were still nice and soft and orange inside.

We took him mostly to neighbors we grew up with and some of our new neighbor friends.

And of course, to 'Ma and 'Pa's house!

I wish I'd gotten a picture of the whole group together, because not only was it Emmett's first time trick or treating, it was also Micah's, cousin Ben's and Aunt Michelle's!  I think everyone had a fun time!