Monday, May 17, 2010

Fiesta de Chile

We went to a fiesta on Saturday night. It was so much fun. One of Enrique agents was having a fundraiser for those effected by the earthquake and tsunami in Chile. The money raised is going to help rebuild homes that were destroyed. We told the girls about the fiesta and why they were having it. What happened next is something I wasn't expecting. After talking about what the earthquake did, we showed them photos of the destroyed buildings. Then Gaby went and got her money and gave it to me. She said, "Here Mom, I want to give all my money to help them get their houses back." Isabel did the same. When we got to the event, both of them got their money out and gave it to the person taking donations. I was so proud of my girls. We didn't ask them to give their money. We weren't telling them about this so they would give their money but they chose to and really wanted to. They surely didn't let us forget about giving them their money to give to help rebuild Chile, they kept reminding us every 5 minutes or so, just to make sure we didn't loose it (hahaha). It was a humbling experience. We ate dinner there too. We had delicious Chilean hot dogs. Don't dis hot dogs until you've had them like this. After we ate they had a raffle. They had many different items you could potentially win. Then it was more dancing. Oh, my goodness. My kids LOVE dancing, especially to Latin music ("canciones de Abueltio"). Gaby only came back to the table to get a drink and went back to dance more. Isabel lasted until about 8:30pm but Gaby kept going. Lili loved it too. Enrique and I danced, obviously with Lili, and she was smiling and giggling like crazy. She loves dancing too. Enrique dances with the kids a lot at home and she's already use to it. We had such a nice evening out as a family, one the kids are bound to remember, all for a great cause too.