Acadian Nest: Chronicles of the Perreault Family: springtime

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Spring Time- March, April, early May

Spring has been very busy at Chateau Perreault. We had a visit from the Varner family and a lot of adventures around Columbia and St. Louis. It was also a landmark season for birthdays, I turned 30 in April, my dad turned 60 in April (in Texas), and Evangeline turned 18 months bringing more parenting challenges. Several of our family friends are moving this summer, which makes us sad. But we've been spending a lot of quality time with them. It was really cold this spring. Most days were 50 degrees or colder. That meant that our outside time was limited to the warmer days.

Getting quality time in with Claire at the playground in our neighborhood.

Evan and Claire playing at Claire's house.

James and Evangeline take a trip to Shelter Gardens.

My birthday outfit from Mom and Dad.

Evangeline and the shirt she won from Lately Lily.

Evangeline recently learned how to blow bubbles.

And met some fire fighters.

And went to the University of Missouri Vet School Open House.

Here she is playing with James again at Barnes and Noble.

And Wishing Grandpa Will a happy birthday.

And cuddling with her super hero daddy.

She has really gotten into stickers.

Meeting baby Gabe Varner.

Another thing she loves is the swing.

Evangeline has grown so much. She is saying a number of words and really interested in Potty Training. We hope to start that sometime this summer. She loves being outside. Especially playing on the playground slide and swings. She is learning to love drinking things other than milk and water. She tries to taste almost anything with a straw.

She loves cookies and asks for one when she sees anything that looks like a cookie. She asks to "swing" "slide" "walking." She lets you know when she needs "help," gets "stuck," or wants "more." She also says "please" and "thank you" which makes me so happy. I love having a polite little girl, even if she is a toddler and uses the word "mine" a lot too. She's also started to say the names of her friends "James," "Claire," "Anne," "Gabe," and her teachers and friends at school.

Catching up again

I have not blogged here since March. There are several reasons for that:

1) This semester was the hardest one I have had in school. In my 20 plus years of school I can honestly say I have never worked harder than I did this spring.
2) Evangeline demands a lot more of my time and is increasingly more active.
3) I've just been trying to survive and get enough sleep to function as a PhD parent.

That said I'll be posting several blogs to bring you up to speed on the life of our family. We've been in Columbia most of the spring, but we did take a trip down to Florida during spring break to see Greg's parents, grandmother and sister. We also got to see my friend Julia get married and spend some time with our friends in Florida. Evangeline has grown leaps and bounds.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Springtime Wedding in Texas

Spa day with my sisters, mother and aunt to prepare for the wedding.

Last weekend my first little sister, Catelyn, got married. It was a great wedding and we got to spend some great quality time with my family and get to know Daniel's family as well. It's weird to think of my sister as being married and having a new last name but I am so happy for her. We got to spend more time together than we have in a long time, and it was great to see her so happy. That said I can't wait to see her again. Here are some photos from our adventures last weekend.