Keeping up with the Kants

We had a nice, relaxing Father's Day weekend. We slept in on Saturday and then headed to York for some pool time. You would think because I say we slept in it was a nice, restful sleep. Uh, no. Harper is still teething, so it was fun, fitful sleep. So we all needed to sleep in.  As a result, I missed out on a shower for a friend, but her gift in nearly ready for the mail. Can you hardly stand it Alison? Can you?  We got to York a little later than expected, but Harper had also napped longer than usual, so we decided to go straight into pool time.  Last year Harper was not a big fan of the pool, but she warmed up to it and her own floaty pretty quick. She had fun going from person to person, playing with some pool toys, and drinking the pool water. Yes, it really is just like a big bathtub. Gross.  We had a nice dinner outside, then we were all pooped.  Harper got to sleep on her new big girl bed at Grandma and Papa's house, Abbey liked it too. Shh.  Then ...

I suppose I ought to tell you about this special day before the details get away from me.  The week leading up to Harper's birthday was rough.  Erich was out of town on a man-cation in Vegas, and Harper was teething pretty hard core and I ended up with a 24 hour bug...but we powered through and had a fun time with the family.  The theme was Sesame Street, in case you don't pick up on that from the pictures.  Harper loved all the decorations and snacks we picked out.  The party was at 3:00, in hopes that she would be well rested from a nap. Backfire!  As family arrived for the party, she was still pretty sleepy from naptime, and stayed rather quiet for the majority of the day.  But, I could see her little smile peek through from time to time, so I think she enjoyed herself.  Playing with the poms! Each flower had a picture of Harper, and then some were "factoids" about her 2nd year Can you believe we didn't get any pictures of he...