Busy Week!

This week has been very busy! Last Saturday we took Cate to a pumpkin patch in Ramona. She was kind of grumpy the whole time, but she did have fun - loved the horse, lambs, chickens, and the display of gourds. she would have played with the gourds all day if we let her. she also had lots of fun feeding leaves to the lambs. it was so cute! and she even pet the horse!

Nate and I had work this week and on top of that I helped throw my friend Karen's bridal shower (I'll be in her wedding party 2 weeks from today!). Cate and I also had some fun lunches with friends (Kristin, Shellie, Rebecca) and 2 halloween parties! Too much fun! Here is a picture from karen's shower, l to r: me, dennis (the groom), jen (the co-party-thrower), karen (the bride) and dorina (mother of the bride). also, have to put a picture of the flourless chocolate cake I made for the shower!



one last picture... cate and dad were playing the other night - here they are with cate at the wheel. :) dad looks a little nervous about her driving skills...

Rose Crayon!

Here is Cate in her halloween costume, a (Cate) Rose Crayon. :)

We are ending our .mac account in December, so the cate website will disappear then (http://homepage.mac.com/maynardclan). We will post pictures on here from now on and video on "YouTube." I'll also try to journal funny moments on here in case you're interested! :)

Grandma comes to town!
Here's Cate last week when Grandma Wallin was in town. We went to a Mexican restaurant in Old Town and I took too many pictures of Cate - but she was being so cute! So, what's the latest? Cate is funny as ever. The other night I was trying to get a kiss out of her but she didn't want to. Nate leaned over and said, "If you giver her a kiss, she'll leave you alone" - Cate immediately turned, gave me a kiss then waved and said "BYE!" that message came through loud and clear!

We also went to a sidewalk art festival when my mom was here. There were some not so cool drawings, but some really cool ones too! Here is a sample, as well as Cate planning her drawing for next year... if this 3 year old can do something, surely I can!



Cate has had a busy week PLAYING... she loves playgrounds now and is making lots of friends. I'm pretty busy right now with work and getting ready for Karen's wedding. Nate is being a good dad and husband on top of working really hard at the lab. He even let me go away saturday night to Palm Springs for Karen's pre-wedding celebration... I got a flat tire on the way and he had to come switch cars with me. He's too good to me, eh? So, that's all the news that's fit to print, at least for now.

My first blogging experience

So, despite the fact that Cate has her own website and we have a family website, I just couldn't resist setting this up after looking at my friends Margo's blog. It was really fun to read, so I thought, what the heck? Let's do it! (did I just say what the heck?)

I don't have much to report at this time except that Cate is getting over a bad cold that Nate and I are now having fun experiencing first hand. Other than that we are great. Cate & I went to the Wild Animal Park with the Stratfords yesterday, where Cate was more interested in Pete, Anna and Ben than the animals. As long as she's entertained that's fine with me.

more later... :)