catherine, the great

Catherine, the Kind

Scene: Camille gets hurt one afternoon

Heard:

Catherine (whispering to Camille): Here's your monkey.... here's a pillow... here's a blanket... you can hold my teddy... here's some juice...

Catherine, the True

Scene: finishing our dinner of stew and cornbread

Heard:

Erik: Mmm! Mommy makes the BEST cornbread on the planet!

Catherine: No, Daddy, she doesn't.

Erik: Who does?

Catherine: The oven.

Catherine, the Aware

Scene: Following an incident recently where Jack got his hand painfully stuck in the door while someone tried to push the door closed, Erik and I told the girls they were not to play with the doors.

Heard:

Catherine: (crying)

Sarah: I'm not angry at you, Catherine.

Catherine (studying me intently): But, Mama, your EYES are angry!

Catherine, the Wise

Scene: discussing our friend's and family's airport delays in England and the Northwest caused by snow this past December

Heard:

Catherine (thinking of a solution): How 'bout if they put wings on cars like ours, with good wheels? Then they could take off in the snow!