Christmas and Childhood Innocence

Translation: Dear Santa. I am Claire Gruman. I am 5 years old. I was happy to meet you.  I would like that Carly, my friend, be well for Christmas, ballet shoes also please. My sister wants zhuzhu pets. My mom wants a sweater. My dad wants the book Unbroken. Thank you. Claire

On the way home from school today, Claire proceeded to tell us that mommies have babies that come out of their bellies. Those babies become mommies. Then, when the mommy decides she wants to have a husband, the mommy can just make a husband in her tummy and when it comes out they can just be together.

Logic?

Carly's Angels

Carly Trejo, a classmate of Claire's, was recently diagnosed with a stage IV Wilms tumor (a type of kidney cancer). She is undergoing intense cancer treatment as well as removal of one of her kidneys. As part of a fund raising project, parents of Spanish Schoolhouse students have created a non-profit organization to help the Trejo family with mounting medical bills. As a family, we joined in on this event and had a great morning. Please take a moment to go to http://www.carlysangels.myevent.com/3/donate.htm and make a donation to help ease the financial burden felt by this family. The fun run is done, but it's not too late to contribute on Claire's behalf to the Trejo family. Thank you and enjoy the slideshow.

Fun With Friends

Summer has been a blast. Evie and Claire have become good friends with Amalia and Laila. Evie and Ama were together in the first daycare center that we used in TX and, coincidently, met up again at their newest school.  Sadly, they will not be joining the girls this year at school because of reasons outside of the family control.

It was a hot, humid, wet day, so the girls all enjoyed a day playing at a local indoor playground.  Claire's favorite... driving the ice cream truck.  It looks like everyone had a great time.