Missouri 2021

Here are the photos from the trip we took to Missouri last month. It was totally not weird at all going on the aeroplane - in fact it seemed completely normal except everyone was wearing masks. We had to change in Chicago which meant Wilder got to go back and forth on the escalator/travelator about 15 times in an hour - owing to the pandemic I don't think he could ever remember riding one before, so he was obviously really obsessed.

In Missouri the kids got to enjoy Solar Day, which is an event for the local schools hosted at the farm in Charleston - it's been going on for 40 years, and the kids get to see animals like snakes and turtles, and to fish (which Bluet and Ilona did for hours without catching anything). Oh, and there are new kittens at the Ozark farm, which Bluet and Ilona were obsessed by.

 

Bluet’s room

You can now obtain a daily pass to visit Bluet’s bedroom

 

Bluet's Poetry Reading

 Here is Bluet reading us two poems over zoom from today's poetry celebration at school

10!

This weekend Bluet turned 10 (ten!). We had a small celebration with cake etc in the evening with another family, and Bluet spent most of the rest of the day using her new roller blades.

 

Lacrosse

 

Fairfield Beach

 

We recently discovered there’s a nice beach just 30 mins from our house, so yesterday as the girls are off school for ‘spring break’ I took them there to enjoy the beach, and later to hang out with their friends. It’s still a little cold for swimming but they did at least have swimming costumes under their dresses and even got a little very mild sunburn

 

Ilona’s school work

Ilona brings us home some of her school work that makes us laugh. Here are 3 of her finest examples, and a picture she drew of her favourite tv character from her head