Wish Granters!

Cicily's Wish Granters - Liz, Czerina, and Michael

Reading and playing with balloons!

This wishing stuff is so incredibly fun and exciting!!  Cicily's three wish granters Liz, Czerina, and Michael came to meet her and the family last week.  They came with gifts for Cicily, Maya and Sophie, balloons, pizza, and an air of excitement!  I was so impressed at how they focused on Cicily, but also included her whole family.  What a fun night we had!  Cicily was insistent on her wish granters seeing her chickens and her bedroom and they kindly obliged.  They also played with her and asked her questions about what things she likes: Dora, polka dots, Taylor Swift, animals, Minnie Mouse, etc.  Then Cicily showed them her wish book, the lovely coloring book from Make-A-Wish about what she would like to wish for. 

It was pretty apparent to them by the end of the night that Cicily's one true wish is:

To go to Small World at Disney World! 

When they asked her about Small World her face lit up and she did a whole body "yeah" where every limb gets excited and flails.  So, her wish granters told us they just have to run all the paper work and get the ok from Cis' doctor and then they'll plan a trip to Orlando for our whole family!  We are beyond excited!  They told us about this AMAZING village we would get to stay at called Give Kids the World: http://www.gktw.org/  You must check it out, it's beyond belief fun for wish kids and families.  After the wish granters left we looked up Give Kids the World online and enjoyed looking at pictures and seeing all the awesome activities they offer.  Maya was giddy and asked how much we'd have to pay for all of this.  When I told her we wouldn't have to pay anything because wonderfully kind people donate their money so families can do this, she was in awe.  She said, "I can't believe so many people would do that for us."  I'm in awe too Maya. 

Later we realized we'd also be able to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.  Now for the last week, multiple times a day, Maya will yell, "Harry Potter Theme Park!!!" and every single time Cicily "yells" back - she laughs, smiles, flails, and flops backwards.  We had to get it on video, it's so cute and gets us all excited!  I decided Cicily is mainly excited about the Harry Potter theme park because she knows it makes Maya happy.  It's not like most 4 year olds that are just liking what their big sister likes; Cicily is genuinely happy to make her sister happy. 

What a lovely thing for our family to be able to focus on and daydream about!  Thank you Liz, Michael, and Czerina and Make-A-Wish!!!