Ava

The Pope came to Philly at the end of September and the entire City had to basically shutdown. We took the opportunity to enjoy the 4 day weekend in Rock Hall with the Devine’s. The weather was beautiful – perfect early fall days and nights. We spent a lot of time on the water.

John, Dave and the girls trying to catch jelly fish off the dock

Sophie and Ava waiting to take Tiny Boat out

The girls on Tiny Boat

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Last weekend for Memorial Day we went down to Rock Hall, MD for a few day (thanks Mom Mom and Pop Pop Sharp for letting us use your house!). The Devine’s joined us for the whole weekend and the Townsend’s joined us for the last day. 4 kids total and everyone had a great time.

Ava and Sophie loved the horse swing and kept chanting “higher, higher!” No one fell off so it was a success… 
 All three girls put the new sandbox to good use
 We set up the blow-up pool in the backyard. The girls had a blast (and as you see in this pic Ava was very into the hose)

 What’s amazing about this pic is that it’s Benson, out in the water. This is not a dog who likes to swim at all, but after a stick throws he got very into it. Just too tempting I guess.
 We all went for a sail on Sunday. Ava and Sophie spent most of the time at the bow. They were loving it.

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Yesterday we had dinner with Rebecca, John & Ava who is 5 months old. Sophie got a kick out of her and I think Ava was pretty entertained too.

And today we went to Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences. 
Admiring a butterfly 

Holding a green caterpillar

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