The Last Hurrah

Well, it's official. Summer will be over in a matter of days, and it's back to school and our usual routines. We've been busy trying to cram in a few more summery-fun things while we can. Last night we took Caitlin out for ice-cream. She decided on the way there that she wanted to try coffee ice-cream. I have no clue how she even knew it existed. We ordered it for her, complete with rainbow sprinkles on top. And, she loved it. Actually, I was pretty sure she would. She has never met an ice-cream flavor that she doesn't like.
We also painted her playroom this weekend - the official color is "soft pumpkin". I'll post some pictures once we put everything back in there!

Summer Sickness

On Monday, Caitlin woke up with a stuffy nose. Fast forward to Thursday, when she started to tell me that her throat hurt. I took her to the doctor to get checked out, hoping it wasn't strep throat. Turns out her throat was fine. However, she does have a double ear infection. I'm sure the look on my face was a good one, since she hadn't said a word about her ears hurting, and I totally wasn't expecting that one. She wasn't too convinced that she wanted to take her medicine, but luckily it's pink. My girl will do almost anything for the color pink. And a pop :)

Big Girl Room

Catie's "big girl" room is finally, totally, 100% complete! (Mike doesn't believe me, but it's true. I promise). She's had her bed for about a month now and seems to really love it. This weekend we finally put up the finishing touches, and took off the changing table top - no more baby!

Life Lessons by Caitlin

I've learned two very important things from my girl this week:
1. Squirrels look for nuts, and also ham.
2. Hands are not for hitting. They are also not for hugging. They are for giving high fives.

Backseat Driver

So today while we were in the car, I was starting to take a right-hand turn at a red light. From the backseat, I hear a desperate "NO MOMMA - DON'T DRIVE YET!!". Then Caitlin proceeded to tell me that "Red means stop, wait for green to go."...duh, Momma.
I tried my best to explain the right on red concept but I don't think she was buying it.

Cheap date

Tonight as we were driving in the car, we somehow got onto the topic of ages, and birthdays. Our neighbor is having a birthday party soon, and Caitlin has become obsessed with talking about how old her friend will be. We had the usual conversation: she asks how old just about everyone in the world will be on their birthdays. Then we asked her our usual question: how old will Caitlin be on her birthday? Her answer: 69 cents.

The Next MaryLou

Today was Caitlin's 'nastics class. One of her favorite things there is the trampoline, and they had lots of jumping time today, so she was very excited. She also did a flip over the bars (with help, of course) and learned how to do a "tumble" (sommersault). She only has one more class left for the summer session, but we're thinking of signing her up for the fall session. She's really enjoying herself, and it's amazing to see how much she can do already.
After gymnastics, we went to visit my Grampy at rehab. He's doing well, and of course the princess was a huge hit. By the time we left, she had scored cookies and juice from an aide, and a necklace from the therapy dog, Nellie. Good times.

Blogs

Ok, so here I am in the wonderful world of blogs. I figured I'd give this a try, and it might be a good way for our family and friends to keep up on our oh-so-exciting lives. Or not. Whatever.