The next Lance Armstrong...the female version...

I took Cat's training wheels off last night...and she was off...riding around and around the circle (our neighborhood) with her friend Kaleigh. And she was going fast!
I can't believe how quickly she caught on to the whole 2 wheel thing. (She did ride w/o training wheels back in December) She jumped on...had a little trouble getting the pedals started but when she got it she got it! Sometimes she just blows me away with the things she is able to do!
Calixto lamented that she didn't allow him the fatherly pleasure of holding her bike steady as she tried to balance and ride down the street!
Here is a video of her getting started...

It really was not midnight when we filmed this!! The video is showing up a lot darker than on my camera. Sorry, it isn't so clear!

Dance Recital

I just had to post more pictures...I couldn't decide which to put up so I put them into a slide show. I can't believe how I beamed with pride while watching her! Not that she was the best dancer but, b/c she is "my" daughter and she was so beautiful and as she danced her little heart out! She enjoyed every minute of the experience and can't wait to do it again! Our dance instructor only holds recitals every other year so she'll have to wait a little bit.

Dress Rehearsal

As you can see Cat's hair wasn't done well but...it was only rehearsal! That's what the other mom's kept telling me! (Some mom's take this all a bit too seriously!)I love this picture-the girls on either side of Cat are both adopted and the girl on the right is the grand-daughter of Glennis who is director of the Maternity home through which we adopted Cat!

The Butterfly ballet! Catherine absolutely loved that everyone clapped for her-On the way home she told me she wanted to dance all night! She is quite the performer! She is 2nd from L in the back

The monkey dance-I know the pictures of poor but, I couldn't get any good shots with my camera-if you can't tell she is 2nd from the L in the front row! The audience loved this cute song!

For the real performance-I kept her hair up...here is her "sassy" self...she never tired of posing!

Field day fun for Cat too!

Cat always has fun at "Christopher's" school! Stephanie loves to watch over her! She brought her slush that was leftover from the night before and shared with all the girls in Christopher's class...it went well with the chocolate donuts they were eating?!

She and some younger siblings of students had fun chipping away a chunk of chalk to find a hidden dinosaur. Her hair kept falling out-it looks funny in this picture!

Tonight she has dress rehearsal for her recital tomorrow afternoon. After her nap we have to experiment with her hair to see what we can do with it-since I kind of ruined it with the softener!

making mud pies

After the tournament, Cat and Kaleigh didn't have enough of each other and decided to play together in the mud in our backyard! What a mess they were!! It took us mom's a little while to get them both clean and mud free!

What cuties...mud and all!!