Missouri/St Louis

Here in Missouri Bluet was reunited with her sister (she even told her she missed her), and we went to the Zoo in St Louis, along with the Missouri cousins.



And playing in their cousins' garden


Then onto the farm, where they have been learning to drive



Proudly wearing their new raincoats



Carving 'punkins' at the cabin

More cousins, St Louis, Ozarks and the Zoo

Some more days with Nate and Lila


We had some time for another trip to the cabin in the Ozarks, for a canoe trip with Lila and Nate (not pictured)


Here is Bluet eating honey nut cheerios, just like every other day of the trip



Bluet also invented a rope jumping game



After the farms, we went up to St Louis to go to the Zoo and the baseball

(Ilona and Bluet went up with Abatha, Scott, Nate and Lila a day early so we could pack up in peace. Here are the pictures we were sent to assure us they were ok)




  

BLOGSTRAVAGANZA IV!

Better late than never (I hope) here is the last week of our summer trip.


Ilona, ready to hit the road (and dressed for St Louis)

Our final destination was a day in St Louis with Abatha, Scott, Lila and Nate. The highlight of this was when Scott and I got to go to the local record shops........I mean when Abatha, Scott, Emily and I got to go to the Broadway Oyster House and then the BIG Game.......Or maybe it was seeing all the cousins playing together in the sun. In any case, it was a great end to the trip and I think we were all a little sad to pack up our bags and head home......

Apparently all 4 year olds like to climb trees

And then....

.....we returned to Nana and Wayne's house, where Bluet once again had fun, but most importantly, Bluet's great Aunt Kathy gave Bluet a haircut, viz:

Before

During

After

From the back

Bluet also played some more in the garden. Here she is pretending to eat huckleberry nuts with a plastic spoon

   talking to the cat 

Riding a bicycle

  running around the library

And just generally exploring

She also got Wayne to read her 'Goodnight Moon' about 35 times. One time Nana asked her "Who wrote it? [Goodnight Moon] and Bluet said 'Wayne'. She also enjoyed this Curious George book, but not quite as much

As well as having a haircut, when we returned to St Louis on the way home, Emily painted Bluet and Lila's toes purple.