Maeve Update:

Maeve is getting really excited to start her new school. I just got an email requesting that she chose a fine arts major and minor for 4th grade. We chose drama as her major and visual arts as her minor. We debated whether to have dance as her minor but ultimately we decided that she would prefer drawing to dance. She is also anxious to start playing soccer on the academy team for Savannah United. I think that this year is going to be a big year for her. In addition to a new school, playing select soccer for the first time, and drama class, Maeve will get to take part in the gifted program for the first time.  She tested in the 98th percentile on the Torrance test for creative thinking! We are so proud of our creative girl! She will get pulled out of her normal classroom everyday by the gifted teacher and get to do special projects. Maeve also wants to do girl scouts and book club at school. I am trying to convince her to try the chess club too! I am happy that there are lots of clubs and activities after school for her because otherwise she has to ride the bus (It's a really long bus ride from the downtown Savannah to where we live) or go to the after school program everyday while she waits for me to get out of work. Maeve loves to read, tell stories, watch music videos (she especially loves videos that are parodies of other videos), draw, talk about: fashion, political stuff, environmental stuff, her hamster, what she wants to be when she grows up, her latest favorite show and pretty much anything and everything. We are trying to work on her being a little more gentle with her words and facial expressions. She is trying hard to control the snark. Sometimes her snarky comments are so right on that I have to fight not to laugh.