Catchin' Up

Once Miss Kate found out how fun it was to be outside she thinks its the best place to be. She doesn't really care if its dark or cold or wet or windy. She will step out on the patio and stand there looking around at whatever she may see of interest...usually birds and come in every now and then for a breather.

The mischievous face of the escapee sneaking out the door.

Enjoying her freedom.


And hiding because she doesn't want to come back in.

Today we spent the morning catching up on housework and after-travel clean-up. Miss Kate was getting one bang-n-bump after another and acting very sleepy in spite of having slept in until 10:00 already. She could barely help me finish baking cookies without collapsing and she'd only been awake for 3 hrs. She'd even helped herself to several pieces of chocolate before I caught her.

This pic actually belongs first but my computer isn't cooperating for me so I can't get it to move. (that is why this post is all hodge-podge and the "Today" part landed right in the middle of the "Catch-Up" part) If you look closely you can see the purple bruise on her cheek. It looks much worse in real life.

When its too windy to play outside we get out the cardboard inside and make fun stuff. A couple weeks ago we did this slide and Miss Kate enjoyed it for several days.It was pretty high so I didn't let her use it without me to help her until we moved it into a corner later in the week. As you can see it took quite a pile of stuff for adequate support.


When its sunny we go walking. Sometimes to the park and sometimes just around Aunt Vi's neighborhood.

And when it's a sunny weekend we do fun stuff with Mr. Wise Guy. Mothers Day weekend was beautiful and we got our garden all planted out at B&B's.

The guys did most of the work and us ladies sat and watched the girls play in the water.

They sat and poured water back and forth for hours.

Cousin A likes to sit in the water...

while Miss Kate just sits beside it.
But they both end up just as wet...

And they both like to drink it, even though it is cloudy with sunscreen and full of floaties.

That was also the day I tried Miss Kates patience with a new hairdo. She did amazingly well, but we haven't done it again since. :)