Happy Birthday Catherine!

Catherine is 3 years old today! It doesn't seem possible that it has been three years since she was born. She had a little party with her friend Clem yesterday, and she's having a party with her preschool classmates tomorrow at school. She is such a funny, happy little girl and I'm so thankful that she is a part of our life.

Sign of the times...

Lauren came home from school today and said, "We had a new drill! It wasn't a fire drill or a tornado drill. We learned what to do if a bad person comes to the school." She then proceeded to tell me the password that the principal would use to announce the presence of a "bad person," and where their safe zones are. Scary, but necessary.

Soccer Game

Lauren is playing soccer again this fall. Today was the best game she's had yet. She scored three goals, which was her favorite part. MY favorite part was her hustle and enthusiasm the whole game. Most games she doesn't want to play and asks the coach for breaks. Today she wanted to stay in the game the whole time. She did a great job running to the ball and she had some good assists and good blocks. It was so much fun to watch her!

Important Safety Information

Ok...so I'm pitifully behind on updating my blog and I have a lot of fun pictures to share. BUT, I had to share this story.

I picked Catherine up at preschool yesterday and her teacher said they had been learning about dialing 911 in an emergency. She had colored a cute picture of a phone and the teachers had her put one fingerprint on the 9 and two fingerprints on the 1. So, as we're driving home I asked Catherine: "What do you do in an emergency?" Catherine said, "You run to the potty, pull down your pants and go pee-pee!" You know...at almost 3 years old, that's just as important as 911...!