Last week, Juliette and I went to Cypress Gardens with her class... it's a beautiful swampy area teamed with wildlife.  We rode in boats through the cypress groves, saw alligators, turtles, butterflies and woody the duck.  She loved the adventure.

I can't believe that we are in the last couple of weeks of school before summer vacation.  Juliette has thrived this year at Montessori.  She is now talking in complete sentences (unless she's ordering me around by barking Orange Juice)... otherwise her vocabulary just amazes me... and her speech therapist is quite please too.  She's come so far in just 18 months.  Her summer plans consist of going to the beach, library, children's museum, and a couple of field trips to visit friends.  Her surgery is still planned for June 16th... my mom is coming to help out.

Maisie has excelled in first grade.  She's reading at a 4th grade level.  She loves science and math too.
The transition from Montessori to public school was not easy at first...  She found it hard to follow the rules of the class and quite often would come with color coded chart that was less than stellar.  But by March of this year her behavior (she felt that she could better teach the class and failed to follow rules... that's my girl) is in line and I've had the pleasure of watch my little girl turn into quite the young lady.
She continues to amaze me with her knowledge and her thirst for it.  Her summer plans include a couple of adventure, hippy and gymnastic camps... trips to the library... field trips with the family and I'm sure a couple play dates with her pals.

As for me, I'm working on our Global Family web site.... I'll let you know when it's up and running... I'll be shuffling the kids around town... caring for Juliette after surgery... continuing to keep my house in tip top shape so we can sell it.... (I am READY to go people).. and hopefully visit some dear friends.  On top of it all... I suppose I've buried the lead here.... I am now the "Lifestyle Editor" of a new e-magazine catering to Moms.... It's called NewbyMom... so check it out...