Riley Children's Hospital - PROM!

On Friday, May 2, we attended the Riley Hospital prom, which all Riley patients are invited to.  It was at Fairbanks Hall, and they did a great job transforming a building I attend meetings in, to a magical place for the kids.  The theme was "Passport to Adventure," and they had everything decorated to the travel theme.  They had a craft room, a sundae bar room, a candy table, a photo booth, dinner, and dancing.  Jeff and I basically spent the night chasing after the kids - but they had a great time, and lasted about 2 hours, which was a lot for Joey, who would declare "I'm ready to go home," and then gain steam again.  Several times.  We look forward to attending next year!

Mel with Daddy - when we weren't sure if we were actually going, since Joey wouldn't change out of his pajamas.

He finally changed.  I decided to not wage the footwear battle.

Joey got a boutonneire, and it lasted about as long as it took to take this picture

Melanie liked her corsage

Our bear friend in the craft room

Piratey Joey. Later he added a hook to his arm

Melanie the butterfly

The kids on the dance floor.  Part of the wardrobe solution was apparently this t-shirt under his dress shirt.  I didn't even know until he disrobed.