Lessons From a Rain Forest Bayfamily'smove to Costa Rica Spawns Web Site

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By KATHY FLANIGAN

Four years ago this September, Maggie and Steve Jacobus dropped everything, sold their house in Whitefish Bay and packed their three sons for a one-way trip to Costa Rica.

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Lessons From a Rain Forest Bayfamily'smove to Costa Rica Spawns Web Site

Leaving Milwaukee and everything familiar: scary. Educating your children about the world: priceless.

"The American dream is to give your child a 'better life,' " Maggie Jacobus said. "For most people, that has had a more materialistic meaning. We wanted to give them the world. We wanted them to understand and be able to move easily in other cultures, which you need language to do."

In return, the boys -- Ryan, now 14, Michael, 12, and Wi...

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