"Mom, next time can we all be home and give out candy and then everyone go to the other houses?"
I told him I hoped very much that we could do that next year. But I was very careful to make no promises. That's one thing I've learned in the past 7 1/2 years -- don't make promises you can't keep.
Here's Luke in his costume.
It was very important to the kids that he still wear his costume, even at the hospital. So Scott pulled this leopard-print outfit over his head and arms and put the cat hat on. He had too many things hooked up to get his legs into it, but we were able to take pictures for the kids... and the nurses loved it.
(P.S. Luke got discharged from the hospital today! This is a record for our family. We decided that he is one of those smart kids who learns from others -- he's showing us how Elli was supposed to do it! [She spent 7 weeks in the hospital for her first heart surgery.])
And here are the older three, ready to go.
Spiderman is Sam's favorite superhero. He encountered another Spiderman, minus the mask, while out in the neighborhood. Scott said they both froze, eyed each other up and down, and then announced to each other they were Spiderman. Then Sam yanked off his mask and finished the night without it. Hmm... think the boy is influenced by others?
Elli is Dora the Explorer (I love the cut-out hair!). We went to Party City for her costume, and this is the one she picked. They had an overwhelmed number of choices, and it was tough for me to narrow it down to the ones I thought she'd like... but she chose Dora over Tinker Bell and the other princess things. I'm all in favor of that -- being an explorer is much more achievable and admirable than being a princess.
Anna is a Princess-Doctor. The doctor bit was a last-minute enhancement she came up with on her own and insisted upon. She also decided not to wear the crown -- she squashed a soft flowery sun hat onto her curls instead. (Sorry - no photo. That was an even later last-minute enhancement that we didn't capture!)
