Teamwork

One of my favorite things Brooklyn does these days is quote the Wonder Pets. We haven't watched the show very often, but her favorite thing to sing is "What's gonna work? Teamwork!" She says it whenever we are working on something together, if she is helping carry groceries in from the car, unloading the dishwasher together, anything. It is so sweet, it makes us smile every time. She even sang it in the hospital when one of the nurses and I were giving her a sponge bath on this handicap chair/bed thing. It is so great to hear her singing and wanting to just play and all be together when we are so concerned with keeping her healthy and making sure she stays away from germs and getting her better. It's like she is letting us know she is fine as long as we are all together. She is such a crack up - sometimes she tries to be funny and will say "What's gonna work? NOT teamwork!" and then will laugh and laugh. It also reminds me that we can't get through a time like this without teamwork, from our family and friends. We are so busy and trying to keep life as "normal" as possible for the rest of the kids that we need help from others to be able to do everything and still keep Brooklyn away from places that we feel like she shouldn't go. Saturday Kayla had a gymnastics show at the same time that Braden and Mike had a parade with the baseball team for Little League day. It stunk that we had to split up and Mike and I each missed the other kids' event, but I know it is just the beginning of overlapping schedules as the kids are getting older. Braden had a game that afternoon so we all got to go to that and then my parents babysat for us so we could go out with some friends Saturday night. It was good for us to get to go out and relax a little after a week with so much happening with our family; we were pretty worried about Mike's mom and all the craziness she went through this week. Diane got home from the hospital today and is tired, but happy to be home. Brooklyn is still doing great and her blood counts were good today so she gets another round of chemo tomorrow morning. Thank you for your continued prayers for our family.