Posts Tagged ‘kids’

2011 Festivals

Monday, 12 September 2011 18:06 Written by Matt 0 Comments

Summer is ending unfortunately, so wanted to quickly recap the 2011 festival circuit.

We hit several festivals this year, most of them while Julie was working so she didn’t get to partake in all of the good times. Ava really loved them, and sno cones and cotton candy were helpful while her jaws were wired shut for a couple weeks last month. Kids booths were weak at Little Flower, rides were expensive at Visi and everything was free at the Electricians Picnic at Stricker’s Grove!

Cassie, Driving the Helo	Ava, Riding Merry-go-Round at Visi
Lots of "Merry go Arounds"	Riding the Turtle Coaster at Stricker's Grove

Put In Bay, 2011!!

Tuesday, 05 July 2011 21:54 Written by Matt 0 Comments

Family vacation #3, and we made a repeat visit to Put In Bay and stayed about 4 doors down from where we were last year! Mom & Dad have been bugging us to go on an extended Harp family vacation for a couple years now, and thankfully we talked Mom out of Gatlinburg

We had a lot of fun, with lots of golf cart rides, ice cream and swimming! Mom & Dad took the kids one night so that we could do some bar hopping with Elaine & Kelli which was good. Cassie took the following weekend to recover, they all got to bed late and she was unable to function as a non-annoying person after only sleeping for 10 or so hours.

The Harp Family (click for more pics)

Soccer, Ava’s First Season

Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:13 Written by Matt 0 Comments

Early in the spring, before monsoon season struck, we signed Ava up for soccer with the WOAC. She waffled between excited and nervous but in the end we think she enjoyed it. The cost was annoying, $90 for essentially 3-4 practices and maybe 4 games because of all the rain.

Our most popular piece of advice from the coach was (said during a game) “Ava, stop playing with your hair. You can do that after the game!”

Yep, she's really into the game!

Ready for action!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

Saturday, 23 April 2011 16:42 Written by Matt 0 Comments

We dye eggs every year, something to do for a couple hours on a rainy weekend this year.

Pink Egg	The Whole Crew	Another Pink Egg
Two Eggs	Waiting on the Eggs	Checking on the Eggs

Easter Egg Hunts

Saturday, 16 April 2011 20:05 Written by Matt 0 Comments

We hit the Mercy HS egg hunt and then the one at Harvest Home. The latter was pretty weak; they didn’t have enough eggs, we picked a bad starting spot and Lily and Ava went 0-fer. They did have the creepiest Easter Bunny costume I’ve ever seen!