Happy Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year!!! I have always been a fan of Halloween but it took on a whole new meaning for me when I came to work at St. Jude. It is an unbelievably special day there. It is hard to do it justice with words but I'll try. The whole hospital and I mean the whole hospital REALLY gets into the spirit and decorates. It is a HUGE event that starts months ahead of time. All the different departments pick different themes and decorate their designated areas. Then all the staff dresses in that theme. This year there was Candyland, the 50's, Alice in Wonderland, Super Heros, Lion King, Whoville, Construction zone, Disney princesses, Madagascar just to name a few. Trick or treating was from 12-2pm. The kids and their siblings go around to all the different areas and trick or treat. It is soooo much fun. One of my clinics was candyland and I was designated to dress like the kids on the board game. This is the reason I am sporting the overalls in the picture above. Matt joined us for lunch today and brought Ella Catherine to play with mom at work. I wishe he had had more time and I could have taken him through the hospital to better appreciate the chaos that is St. Jude Halloween.

As you can see from the picture, our little girl was a pink octopus. Surprisingly she did very well wearing her costume today. I think all the extra people and activities helped. Katy went and picked up Beckham from daycare early and he and Ella Catherine played. He was dressed like a monkey. He liked playing with her tenticles and she liked tugging on his ears. It was a lot of fun to watch them play. Great fun was had by all! ( see pictures)We left St. Jude and went by Matt's office. Everyone there enjoyed seeing her all dressed up. Who wouldn't like a cute pink octopus? :)

She had such a big day and so few naps. By the time it was time to go over to Roger and Sarah Ella's house to play with Airey, Lewis and the other babies, she was exhausted and cranky. We decided it was best to just go home and go to bed. So unfortunately we didn't make it to the party. Hopefully we can make it next year to go trick or treating with the group.

All in All it was a FANTASTIC 1st HALLOWEEN.