Disney Family Vacation slideshow

Here is a slideshow preview of our Disney trip.
What a GREAT vacation!!

Sarah Elizabeth's MCHF visit

Sarah Elizabeth had a great visit to her classroom.  She and Grace will both have Ms. Gillian.  The Montessori Primary Classroom is for ages 2-5.  It will be nice for the girls to share their school experiences.  Grace has already been explaining to Sarah Elizabeth some of the rules, such as:

"You can't take things off the shelf until Ms.Gillian gives you a lesson on them."

"You have to put your work away when you are finished with it."

"If you want to eat lunch with me but there are no more chairs at my table you will have to eat somewhere else where there is a seat."

Sarah Elizabeth's personality is different from Grace's.  When Grace enters a new situation she is more likely to hang back until she is able to assess the whole situation.   Sarah Elizabeth on the other hand is more likely to charge in full steam ahead.   For example, when we went for Grace's classroom visit last year she didn't touch a lot of things, she mostly looked and followed Gillian around.  Sarah Elizabeth had a "hands-on" classroom visit, she touched everything and asked questions about what things were and what they were for.  It will be interesting to see how these personalities play out in the same classroom. 

Time with the Hawaii cousins

Abram (3), Angelina (6), Grace (4), and Sarah Elizabeth (2)

We took a quick trip up to MeMa and PopPop's house for some time with Courtney and her kids.  The cousins had  great time together.  During the 5 days we were there they: swam in the pool, rode their bikes, rode in MeMa's golf cart, went to the beach, fed the ducks, went out for ice cream, caught bugs, played with the (plastic) horses, snuggled in MeMa's bed in the morning, and slept together at night. 

It's great to have this time with Courtney and her kids every summer.  The cousins have so much fun together and their ages are like stepping stones.  Courtney and I were even able to sneak away for the afternoon on Sunday for some shopping and lunch (wings!!).  We are all looking forward to our week together in Disney (1 more week!!!),