My foster DD's been granted a wish from Make-a-Wish...I'm clueless...

[AussieSharon]

What a brave little girl. And how wonderful of you to be a Foster Parent. I'd suggest a vacation. Ask her if there is somewhere special she would like to go. Disney would be awesome and there's the hotel that overlooks the Animal Kingdom ( sorry can't think of the name) and you can see the animals in the park from your room.

The things my kids remember most are vacations. My 5 year old is forever talking about his trip to Australia 2 years ago. My 13 year old (has been to Australia 4 times) talks about our vacation to Las Vegas when he was 9 and how great it was.

 

[shmooborp]

what is here favorite thing to do??????
if you wanna go bigger than disneyland.. go disneyworld!
does she like animals???

 

[2 Beauts]

We took our girls, 3 and 6 at the time, to Disney World (the FL one, it's WAY bigger). They had a BLAST!! A couple of the best things we did was, breakfast with the characters and getting the autographs of the princesses. The line was very long, but once we got closer, they were literally jumping up and down! Saying " They're real! They're real! I knew it!"

It was the best trip and worth every dime we spent.

 

[Southernbelle]

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She loves girly stuff - make-up, nailpolish, shopping - anything sparkly and glittery. She follows my daughter's lead when it comes to games and toys.

She hates the animals! She likes to look at them, but not touch them. She loves to carry the eggs in the house, but won't go in the pen to get them.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

My husband and I had foster twin girls for 2 years and teaching someone who doesn't even have their own family to look beyond the WOW of a home is hard. I would sit down with the computer. Google all the cool stuff you can think of and talk all about how neat they are. Get all the input you can from her then ask what she would really like most. Trust me, no matter what she chooses, she WILL remember it. You are special and you will always be special to her.

 

[CritterHill]

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Hmm, sounds like a spa trip may be in order. The spa near me offers "princess parties" where you can bring a bunch of girls and they will do their hair, nails, etc. Maybe you can find a spa with big whirlpool tubs that would do manicure/pedicure stuff and pamper her. Stay in a glitzy penthouse hotel room, do some shopping in a big city, limo to drive you from the hotel to the malls.

Dunno, just thinking out loud here. Has she seen big cities? Maybe something like that in NYC or someplace like that would be fun for her.

We live in the woods, but drive into the city routinely (my 4 year old has health problems as well and needs to see specialists every 4 months just for monitoring). DD LOVES the city. I think it is the bright lights, tall buildings contrast to what we live in every day.

edited to sound less pathetic. My kid is actually in fine shape health wise compared to what you are dealing with.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

What about the American Girl place in NY city?! My understanding is they get to play dress up and then have a tea party with their dolls. All the glitz and glamor of broadway. Maybe one of the shows on broadway too. But I'm not sure what's playing right now, I don't live up that way anymore.

 

[Poison Ivy]

My daughters best friend is 9 years old and has been battling cancer for 2 1/2 years. She was granted a wish last year from the make a wish foundation. She picked Disney world as her wish and had a ball. She has been doing better and is in remission, but she landed back in the hospital last week. They think something in their house is making her sick so they are taking out all the carpet and deep cleaning the house.

 

[Southernbelle]

I think the only big city she's been to was the DC Children's Hospital when she had chemo treatments, so she's never really explored one.

If you told her she could go anywhere she wants - she would ask to go to Kroger and get popsicles. It's really, really sad how foster kids have such low expectaions of anything. I've never seen anything like it before.

I've never heard of the American Doll place before?

 

[Barnyard]

Just wanted to say how wonderfull you are for talking care of this precious child!! The minute I started reading your post I had chills and was

my eyes out! (i know call me a wimp) You are truley a blessing in this little girls eyes and I am sure what ever you choose is gonna be perfect as long as her "family" is with her. GOD BLESS YOU!!