We spend most of our summer weekends at the lake. Harper LOVES the lake!! She would rather swim in the dirty lake water than in a pool. I HATE swimming in the lake, but for my child, I have learned to just "grin and bare it". We spent the Fourth of July with Randy, Stacy, and Riley. Harper helped Daddy drive the boat while the sound of the motor put Riley to sleep. We are so lucky to have the lake so close by!!
Harper had a busy, fun-filled summer. She spent a lot of weekends beating the heat in Nana's pool or her little baby pool in our drive way. She also went fishing in our ponds after school. She loves to fish and can cast and reel her rod better than me!
sing up, make-up and other girly things. She loves for us to paint her fingers and toes. She even managed to get them painted while at school last week...I have NO idea how!! Well, Saturday morning I had to go to work and Harper was hanging out in the bathroom while I got ready. She wanted to put on make-up, so I gave her an empty container and brush...of course she needed the mirror. She quickly realized that the make up container
was empty and requested more, I gave in and allowed her to play with some old eye shadow. She worked very hard to accomplish her "look". Everything got a coat of pink lip gloss and brown eyeshadow. I even caught her painting her toenails with the lip gloss! I cannot figure out where this phase is coming from, don't get me wrong I like my clothes, purses, and shoes...but I don't even wear makeup on the weekends and you're lucky if I paint my to
es. I'm hoping she'll grow out of this...it could become a very expensive habit to support!
Harper loves to fish and we are lucky enough to have several stocked lakes in our neighborhood. Now that the weather is getting warm we are starting to get outside more, this past weekend we went fishing with Randy, Stacy, and Riley in our ponds. The fish weren't really biting, but we still had fun.
Harper enjoyed Easter this year. It was her first year to dye Easter eggs and get an Easter basket. She loved dying the eggs! I wasn't brave enough to give a two year old food coloring in the house, so we took advantage of the nice weather and did it outside. She did really well and was very proud of herself. Grammie sent her an Easter goodie bag filled with movies, clothes, and watercolor paint. She really liked the p
aint, she painted for 
Over Spring Break we visited Michael's parents in Naples, Florida. We usually fly to Naples, but we decided that we would drive it this time...11 hours...I know, what were we thinking? We traveled at night, which made the trip surprisingly easy. Harper did great, she watched The Little Mermaid about 1,000 times and slept. 
The next day we went down to the beach. It was a little crowded but beautiful. Harper loved playing in the sand and COLD water. We then went back to the house to play in the pool. Harper loves the water, she would swim all day. Sambo got her swimmies for her arms so she could go anywhere with out us holding her. We couldn't get her to jump in the pool, but she would do just about anything else.
Grammie took Harper to the Naples Zoo. Harper of course had a great time. She loves animals. She also loves spending time with her Grammie. Michael and I enjoyed relaxing by the pool...without the splashes of a two-year old. Later that afternoon, Sam, Michael, and I went and played golf. We all had fun and Michael got an Eagle on 18th hole! Jane invited friends from work to meet all of us that night. They were very nice and brought Harper fun gifts. 
Harper sliding down her big slide.
This climb scares mom more than Harper!
Ready for my close up!
