A Day in the Life of Catherine

Catherine and I decided to make gingerbread cookies today. She helped put some of the ingredients into the bowl and liked watching me roll out the dough. I posted a video of her trying to put on the oven mitt. She opened up the drawer and got out her "mini mitt" and put it on.



Here is Catherine bouncing in her Tigger bouncer. I thought that we better use it before she weighs too much for it. She can't use it once she weighs more than 25 pounds.


I got out some finger paints and she loved smearing her hands all over the paper. She liked squeezing the paint through her fingers.








This is a picture of a movie case with a picture of Matt Damon on it. She has learned to blow kisses recently and she is now trying to kiss pictures of people. She picked up the DVD case and gave Matt Damon about 10 kisses. (The girl has good taste)













This is a video of Catherine playing in a plastic bin. She loves to put a bunch of toys in the bin, climb in, and then toss the toys back out.

Children's Museum

We took Catherine to the Children's Museum today. We have been waiting until she was walking better to take her because we didn't want her to be crawling all over. It was fun to watch her figure things out. She wasn't quite old enough to be able to play with everything but she had fun watching the older kids play. Her favorite thing was playing in the "water room" There was a big tub of water with things that you could put balls on and then they would roll back down into the water. She had fun watching all of the balls come back down. She also liked all of the mirrors that were there. There was also a large hallway with a few rooms in it that showed what Rhode Island was like back in the 1800s. Then there was a giant "woman chair" and you could sit in her lap. There is a picture of Eric holding Catherine in her lap. She didn't want to sit there alone. Lastly there was a room for kids 3 and under. Catherine had a lot of fun in there. I posted a picture of her in a wooden boat that rocked back and forth. Overall it was a lot of fun and I think that she will enjoy it more and more as she gets older. It is fun that we can start going on family outings and have Catherine enjoy them too.






It snowed for the first time a few days ago and this is a picture of Catherine looking at the snow on the deck. The snow melted pretty quick and is all gone now.

Decorating the Tree

We got our first Christmas Tree today! Here are some pictures of us decorating the tree. It was a lot of fun, and Catherine really likes all of the lights.


Drinking a Manhattan...a tribute to the Schmidt family tradition

Mother and Daughter in front of the decorated tree

This is our family one year ago decorating the tree at Frank and Cathy's. Catherine has grown quite a bit since then!

This is our family now, in front of our very own tree.

another walking video

Here is another video of Cate walking. She is getting much more stable on her feet. It is fun to watch her walk because she has such a proud look on her face.

Walking

Here is a video of Cate walking

Play room

Frank and Cathy gave Catherine a wonderful slide for her birthday. She loves to climb up to the top with some of her toys, send them down the slide, and then slide down after them. We have taught her to go "feet first" down the slide, so she always goes on her stomach.