Introducing the "new" Catherine

Look at me, I got a hair cut! I have short hair now and I love it! Everybody tells me how cute I look and Mommy really likes it because there are fewer tangles to comb out. I love to look at myself in the mirror and admire my new haircut. I got it cut while Daddy was gone and I surprised him at the airport - he said he almost didn't recognize me!

Summer Fun

I love the summer! The weather has been so nice and I've had swim lessons at the outdoor pool down the hill. It is so much fun and I've even started putting my face in the water. My friends Lily & Sophie, Karsten, Jacob, Britta & Gunnar are taking lessons, too. Some days Mommy and I stay after my lesson ends at noon, we eat our lunch and then swim some more. We don't get home until 4 o'clock. Life is good!

Lily and I getting ready for our swim lesson

Daddy was gone on a business trip all last week so Mommy and I tried to keep busy. We made fresh raspberry pancakes for breakfast and had picnic lunches at the pool. We went to a concert at University Village on Wednesday. We ate dinner there and I got a balloon shaped into an airplane. Mommy danced with me to the music.

All of this fun is hard work, too. It makes me so tired that I sometimes ask to go to bed, even before 7 pm!