More Summer Vacation! Part 3

 We went to the park!  This time Poppy and Mugsy joined us! 

 Mugsy and Poppy watched us play!

 I showed them how I can do the swings all my myself!

 And G pushed me on the merry-go-round!

G and I went down the slide together.

On a couple of afternoons, we went back to the park to go to the pool.  They have super fun pools there.  There is one big pool and then there is a kids pool with a play structure inside, and then there is a lazy river too!  And the lazy river wasn't so lazy for a little person like me!  Momma had to keep hold of me or I'd go zooming away!  In the big pool, I got to show G and Poppy what I learned in swim lessons this summer.  It was such fun!

More Summer Vacation! Part 2

On another day in St. Louis, G, Momma and I went to a butterfly museum!  

There were butterflies EVERYWHERE!  

 Do you see the butterfly in G's hair?

 Me and my G!

 I flew like a butterfly in the butterfly chair!

Here are some of the beautiful butterflies we saw!  There were lots of the blue ones in the bottom right photo but they never stopped flitting around!  They were happy and just flying everywhere!

 When we left the butterfly museum, I climbed up on a big caterpillar outside!

Then we walked across the parking lot and went to a building that had this amazing old carousel!  It is from the early 1900's!  It was so beautiful.  It played calliope music and we rode and rode and rode!  It is the best carousel ever!

And THEN we had a picnic in the park!  What a special morning!

More Summer Vacation! Part 1

After leaving Grandma and Papa's house in New York, Momma and I headed straight to St. Louis to visit G and Poppy!  Daddy headed back to Houston for a few days to get some work done and then met us in St. Louis for the weekend.  He really  missed out by going to Houston, because we had such fun!

One day, G, Poppy, Momma and I went to a marionette show!  It was incredible.  First a man came out and told us about marionettes and how they are made.  It is very complicated!  Then they did a show!  Truly, it was astounding!  There were marionettes that juggled, there were ballerinas, a tight-rope walker... it was great!  Towards the end of the show, they brought out the show-girls! 

 Look at her!  Do you see all those crystals hanging off of her arm?  Each on is put on individually! 

And each sequin on her panty-hose was glued on by hand! 

But aren't they incredible??

 And there was this clown!  He came over and put his arm around me! 

I loved the marionette show.  It was just amazing.  We all had a great time.  Momma said she recalls seeing these marionettes when she was a little girl!  It must be a St. Louis tradition.  If you live in St. Louis, I recommend you go see a show!  They are called Bob Kramer Marionettes.  It is so much fun!

Summer Vacation, part 4

Most of the time, we just enjoyed each others company.  I loved doing things with "the girls" (Hanna and Miriam) and Samuel and I spent hours and hours together.  He is so much fun!

 Coloring with Miriam

 With Aunt Elisabeth

 With Grandma

With Samuel

Momma, Daddy, Grandma and Papa!

It was a fun vacation.  It was truly special to spend so much time with everyone!