Swimming Lessons

Catherine took swimming lessons this Spring. She loved every minute of it. She has no fear of the water, which is good and bad.



She shows how she can put her head in the water and blow bubbles.
She even smiles for the camera as she swims her way to the other side of the pool.



Good job! I am proud of you.

Last Day of Preschool

Catherine's last day of preschool was a fun day of games, gifts and a bike parade. We were instructed to decorate the bikes in red, white and blue. That was fun.

Each child received a "Sweetest Preschooler Award". They were given a specific candy to go along with award. Catherine's award read "Catherine is very aware of what's going on and she always knows the answer, no matter what the question is! So to Catherine, we give Smarties!"

So sweet.
Her two teachers.







Spraying paint on the sheet.



It was a great year.

Mother's Day at Preschool

Catherine's preschool had a special party for the Mom's. We were greeted by our children and handed a rose and then led to our seats. They made us gifts and cards.

It was a sweet time.

These are the gifts. (I don't know why the picture rotated.) It's a cross cookie cutter, spatula, oven mit and a picture. The question on the picture reads, "Why did God make mothers?" Catherine's response was, "for me to love."

Happy 4th Birthday Catherine!

It's so hard to believe that 4 years ago I gave birth to my sweet little Catherine Marie. She brings us such joy. She is a morning person, much like Jenna. She gets up early and is ready to tackle the day with much happiness and enthusiasm.

She makes us all laugh a lot. She loves to color, write, dance and sing. She always wants to be my helper, which I love.

I am so thankful for you, Catherine.


Here are the cousins. They love being together.
Catherine asked fora flower cake. If you look closely you'll notice that her hair caught on fire. Thankfully Dennis was close to her to snuff it out.
Catherine didn't want to come back and blow out her candles, so her cousin J did it for her.

I love that Lauren is wearing the dress that Jenna wore when she was one.
Sometimes it's hard to get cousin D to smile at the camera. He prefers his serious face.

Uncle Jim took the girls out to breakfast and then to the store to buy Catherine a gift. She picked out this new Elmo doll that talks.

First Day of Preschool

Catherine started preschool today. She was so excited. So much so that she's been carrying her backpack to the bus stop every morning and afternoon. She just wants to do what her sisters do.

Thankfully, she had a fun morning!

A Morning at the Zoo

Recently I went to the local Zoo with my sister and her oldest son...grandma kept the two younger ones and my older two were in school. The kids had lots of fun together.

I love how my nephew is sweetly holding C's hand and leading the way.


Out of all the animals we saw C said the fish were her favorite.

I wonder....

...how Catherine could sleep like this?





She was sound asleep when we found her and stayed asleep as we moved her.

Catherine's Birthday part 2

We decided to combine Easter and Catherine's birthday this year.

Natalie, Catherine and my Aunt Kathy.

Proud Grandma.

Catherine's Birthday Party

I knew that April was going to be a busy month, so we decided to celebrate Catherine's third birthday a week early. We celebrated one day with the DiMaggio's and combined it with her Uncle Michael's birthday. Since we were going to my sister's for Easter we opted to do a birthday party there too.

Catherine with her Poppy.

Aunt Rhiannon, who is moving to Japan this month.

Aunt Sybil

Aunt Ashley

Happy Birthday Uncle Michael!