More funny things Cate says

We continue to enjoy Cate's ever-growing vocabulary, and we wanted to share some more of her funny sayings.

1. The other night, after putting on her new "dancing girl" pajamas (they have little ballerina-type girls on them), I picked her up and stood her on the bathroom counter for a look, and she exclaimed, "Ooooohhhh, soooooo pretty!!!"

2. This afternoon, Cate was trying to put on her flipflops, and though she's getting better at putting on shoes, they often end up on the wrong feet. So I got her set up and said, "Now, this foot goes in this one, and that foot goes in that one." And Cate said, "That works."

3. Often before Cate goes to sleep, she'll say, "Mommy, say, 'Close your eyes, Cate.'" I think that comes out of daycare (it took over a year, but they finally have gotten Cate to nap there!). Anyways, so now Cate thinks it's funny to have me say it, and she'll squeeze her eyes closed and smile. Well, now she's added a follow up. After the "close your eyes, Cate," request, she now says, "Say, thank you Cate for closing your eyes." At least she's learning manners!

And still on my list of favorites...
"It happens."

House for sale!

Well, we are officially back on the market- complete with a brand-spankin' new furnace, to sweeten the deal. Wish us luck and say your prayers, and if you want to see our Realtor.com listing, here it is....

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/19-Maxwell-St_Bath_ME_04530_1117798687

Lamb Day

This afternoon Cate, Mom, Dad, and I (Rick was working) went over to Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick for their annual Lamb Day. Over 120 lambs have been born on the farm this spring, so they have an open house for visitors. As excited as Cate was to see the lambs, and as much "Baaa-ing" as I heard this morning, it did take her a while to get up the nerve to pet one, but eventually, she did.


Funny that when she did finally decide to pet a sheep, she wanted to pet a big mama sheep instead of one of the little babies. Luckily, this one decided to cooperate. Then Cate didn't want to leave, but I was thankful that she went without a fight, unlike the poor mother in front of us who was carrying off a toddler who was in a Stage Five Meltdown.

Outside after dinner

As some of you know, Zoe loves to stand on the bench and lean over the deck railing. Cate joined her tonight.

A barking dog in the distance caught the attention of them both.

Ok, the picture below still has me laughing. I think I need to send it in to Ellen Degeneres for her "What's wrong with this photo?" segment. HAHA!!!!!

A beautiful Easter day

Easter in Maine can't get much more perfect than today. The sky is blue and the thermometer is currently reading 77 degrees. So it was a good day for white shoes and frilly skirts. We met up with Mom and Dad at church, then we came home for Cate's nap. We'll be heading over to their house for dinner when Cate wakes up.

Cate looked like a little princess in her dress today, and the hat and purse from Gr. Grandma Sprague really topped off the outfit!

Smelling the crocuses!

Outside after church, running around while eating a bread roll.

Backing up to this morning... here's Cate waiting to come downstairs to search for her Easter basket.

And here's a video of her finding her basket...

Getting ready for Easter

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few weeks. Not only have we been super busy (house is almost ready to go back on the market!!), but we were all pretty much out of commission last week when the stomach flu ran through our house. Rick fared the best, I didn't do so well, and poor Cate took a full week to get back to normal. I'll spare you all the gory details, but let's just say that by about day 5 I called up mom and said, "I'm just so tired of dealing with vomit!" I had a pair of slippers that went through the wash twice in 24 hours. It was awful. We had had a cookout with three other neighborhood families two nights prior to the start of the sickness, and five of us ended up with the flu. One of the families had been sick the week before, so we all blamed them for contaminating us. So now there may or may not be plans in the works to TP their house....

But Cate had never had the stomach flu like that before. It was so gross. And really sad. Poor thing! But we're all better now!

The following pics were taken only a matter of hours before "the sickness" began (with me first!). Cate has been getting packages galore for Easter- an Easter hat and purse from Great Grandma Sprague, goodie-filled eggs from Gr. Aunt Chris and Gr. Uncle Charlie, an Easter cookie decorating kit (which has been a hit with the play-doh) from Gr. Aunt Tish and Gr. Uncle Tom, an assortment of clothes and Easter treats from Nana and Papa, and an Easter plate and bunny cup from Gr. Aunt Kathy and Gr. Uncle Larry. I happened to have the camera handy when she was opening that particular package, so here she is...

Plus I got a couple of little videos....

Cate in her kitchen

While I was cutting up veggies for dinner recently, Cate decided that she was going to cut the onion. She took her Santa knife (which is really just a spreader) and the onion to her kitchen and did her best to "cut" it in the saute pan.

Then the onion went into the oven to cook! She does love her kitchen! :)

Cate and Nola

Cate's friend, Nola, came over and spent the evening with us a couple of weeks ago. Nola's parents, our friends/neighbors, Jenny and James watched Cate while we went and had our taxes done. We said we'd repay the favor, so they cashed in on their anniversary, so that they could go out for dinner. Cate had a good time playing with Nola, and Cate spent part of the night reading to Nola, who seemed content to sit with her thumb and blankie and listen!



I couldn't resist the picture below! I made the girls ravioli for dinner, hoping that Nola liked pasta. She sure did!! She and Cate were both asking for seconds!