Trick or Treat

For the first time in the two months since dad's stroke, he was able to see his grand kids in person..... Halloween, after school and before going trick or treating we brought the kids by for a visit... Dressed up as a Jedi knight and a princess, Logan and Kaileigh cautiously walked into the facility clutching Karlene's hand tightly... They were both excited and nervous to see "Pappa" since he got sick... We had talked on the way over about how Pappa was doing, that he could not get out of bed but that he can talk...  But seeing him lying in bed was not familiar and were not sure what to do.... Naturally after showing off their costumes and getting candy from dad they warmed up, in the end spending nearly a hour hanging out in and around the facility. Dad was really happy to see them, telling them how much he missed them and loved them....

Logan the shy, more timid of the two spent most of the time playing games on Pappa's iPad... Kaileigh the more curious and restless spirit spent time running around outside with me, but also interested in what was happening to Pappa when the nurse came in to take vitals... Kaileigh even expressed interest in being a nurse when she grew up, her dad asking if she wanted to work with babies like Aunt Nancy!!!

We did go trick or treating Halloween evening, after carving pumpkins and eating dinner.... Logan racking up a very impressive 214 pieces of candy!! Kaileigh even more (some of that being the handful she put in from their stash before leaving).... They did have as much fun giving away candy as they did collecting, taking the buckets of candy out to the walkway to the kids before they actually came to the front door!!!!!