Bedtime prayer

Luca and I sometimes pray before he goes to bed. (usually I do) Tonight when I asked him if he wanted to pray, he said, "yes but I will need some time to think about it".
A few moments later he said, "I am ready...God, .I am thankful for all the people in the world, and I like them all, just the way they are."

Along these lines:
Luca and I were reading a book about a boy in a wheelchair. I asked Luca...what could you do to be a good friend to someone who rides in a wheelchair? Luca said, "I would make sure he had one" I said, "where would you get it?" He said, "wherever I needed to find it"
This was esp. touching to me because I have a friend (that Luca has not met before) in need of a wheelchair and are hoping to begin a fundraiser for this young man.
More about that to follow...but then I said,

"I was thinking about recess time, you could talk to him or play a game with him, maybe? since he can't go on playground equipment and slide"
Luca said, "yes, he can, he can go on the slide"
I said, "how?"
Luca said, "you know, the teacher just carries him over to the top of the slide and he can go down backwards and he will fly right down the slide into his wheelchair, that I push to the bottom of the slide, he just slide right it. It will be so fun"

I had to laugh and love that Luca does not put limits on anyone or anything. He is out of the box thinking. He does this for himself all the time but it was really cool for me to hear him think it through for someone else who would do things, a different way than himself.

A few new pictures

Sorry, I haven't posted pictures in a while...here are a few as of late:

 The kids dancing

 Luca and Scarlett striking a pose