Thursday, June 02, 2005

Anna's wish

Anna's wish granter's from the Make a wish foundation of Illinois came over yesterday to ask Anna what her wish would be. I few weeks before they came they gave Anna a wish packet to fill out. In it had four questions for her, where would you want to go (Anna said Disney World), who would you like to be (Anna said a princess), what would you like to have (Anna said a Cinderella dress), and who would you like to meet (Anna said Cinderella). I wish I had a scanner so I could show the pictures she drew in her wish packet. For Disney World Anna drew a picture of Cinderella's castle with Cinderella waiting for her, the Dumbo ride, a spider ride (?), and Peter Pan's ship. On the picture of herself she drew her scar on her belly, too cute! Can you guess what her wish was? They thought it was pretty clear that a Disney World vacation would be the perfect wish for her. Then they started to tell us about the wish, and what to expect. I limo will pick us up at our house. They made it clear that the trip is ALL expense paid, that means food, rental car, spending money, ect. They also said they would try to get her a character breakfast with Cinderella! They will get back to us with a date, we asked for it to be in late July, or early August. They said they will try to get us into Give Kids The World resort that is especially for kids that come through the make a wish foundation, but since we're asking to go so soon they might not have space available. That is because 75% of wish kids ask to go to Disney world, but if they can't get us in there they will still give us something nice. The reason we are asking to go so soon is because we don't want to go during the school year since this will be Anna's first year of preschool, and we don't really have the money to do anything fun this summer so we hope that this will make the girl's summer great! I will update when we have a date for the wish, they are not sure when they will get back to us, but they said when they get things going they will let us know. Anna is so excited, we all are. She deserves this, she has been through so much, more than most Adults go though their entire lives. I can't wait to post some pictures of her with big smiles at her wish trip!