Evangeline turns 3 (Part 2): Super Heroes!

For Evangeline's birthday we had a great party at Stephen's Lake Park, which is one of the big parks here in CoMo. We invited friends and family to come and celebrate with us. The kiddos had an excellent time as did the parents. It was a wonderful celebration of our Little Miss P.

Aunt Edge making decorations to hang.

Daddy and his super girls.

Super baby and grandma.

Getting some beverage with Ms. Ariel's help.

Margery and second cousin Nate.

Grandparents and Margery.

Decorating Super Hero masks.

Super hero girls decorating masks.

Super family.

Cousin Charlie, Evangeline and Margery.

Super Aunt and Super Baby.

Catch Up Time

I feel like I am always playing catch up.  The month of June was a whirlwind with Greg teaching a Summer Class and me taking my last (required) class ever. We also took a few trips to St. Louis and my sister Sarah came to visit for a week. Our first trip was for a Cardinals/Nationals Game and to visit our friends the McCommis Family. Our second was to go to the St. Louis Science Museum with Aunt Sarah.

Sarah was so helpful helping us to organize and eliminate things from the downstairs area. We also had a lot of fun doing things together. So grateful she came to visit. 

There are a lot of exciting things going on at the Perreault home as we prepare for our little P-Nut to arrive. We also will be welcoming Greg's sister Edgerly to Columbia in July as she took a job here with a local bank branch.

Here's a few photos of our June adventures.

Dinner out with PhD friends at Las Margaritas. E dressed accordingly.

Father's Day weekend at the Cardinals/Nationals Game.

We had a great time, and the Cardinals won. E loves baseball.

Spending time with our friend James after an overnight in St. Louis.

We love our friends James and Brenda. It was great to spend some quality time with them.

Family time at VBS "Wilderness Escape"

Aunt Sarah and E at Little Mate's Cove in Como.

E dancing with a rainstick at VBS.

At the Science Museum in St. Louis with Aunt Sarah.

Learning about how fish turned into Lizards in the Mississippi River.

Saying goodbye after a great week!

Guest post on Thankfulness

Today I have a guest post on OUR CHATEAU a blog by Kathryn Fishman-Weaver. Kathryn and I met at church through our toddler girls, and I think we have a lot in common.  Kathryn has a thankfulness series on her blog every November. I don't have a lot of time for creatively writing, but I was inspired to contribute to this series. I wrote about the moments where we meet the people who become our "friends" and what those have meant to me throughout the past 10 years. 

Greg's 30!

Tuesday was Greg's birthday. He's finally 30 just like me! We celebrated with breakfast out, before school, and then a BBQ dinner out with our friend Joy.
I also picked up a double chocolate ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery. Evangeline loved the cake and singing happy birthday to Daddy 20 or so times throughout the day.

Greg let Evangeline open one of his gifts.

Family breakfast date.

Evangeline opening another present.

Greg cleaning Evangeline's hand after Ice Cream at Buckingham's BBQ.

Comix Book Greg got with Maus and other comix from Art Speigleman

Ice Cream Cake.

Evangeline loved daddy's birthday cake.

London Town

So I just realized that I never published a blog about our trip to London. It was a wonderful experience, and I loved that Evangeline got to join Greg and I on our trip. We left on Father's day out of St. Louis and flew over night which worked great for Evangeline's schedule.

We downloaded a lot of shows and games on the iPad to keep her occupied in the airport and even gave her her own head phones. We tried to limit her watch time, but it was great to have this to fall back on. Also we had some great stuff Evangeline's Pen Pal Madelyn sent for her trip. Monday morning we arrived in London at Heathrow International Airport and met up with Kasey one of the other students who was staying at our flat. Kasey, Greg, Evangeline and I took a cab to our flat in the Edgeware neighborhood (30 minutes from city center on the Northern Line). Our flat was great, it was a three bedroom three bathroom townhome with a sun room and outdoor patio.  We loved the neighborhood and all the fresh produce stands everywhere we went. Monday was basically shot because of out long trip. So we didn't really get out to see the sights until Tuesday morning. Evangeline and I headed to Green Park and Buckingham Palace and then to Kensington Park.

She spent a good amount of time in our ERGO carrier. A life send when we were in London, because the Tube stops don't always have elevators that are good for a stoller. 

 

In Kensington Park we made it to the Peter Plan Themed Princess Diana Playground. We loved the giant swing and the water pond there. 

Wednesday we went to the Tower of London with our Phd friends Joy, Kasey and Roma. We had a great time making fun of the Beefeater tour guide, seeing the crown jewels and learning about all the poor souls who died there.

Evangeline loved riding the train, especially when Joy was there to hang out with.