My cute Mr. Porter Michael is such a silly kid. Promise the Buzz
Lightyear underwear on his head are clean.
Teddy of course has to do whatever Porter does, so he too is wearing underwear.
My little problem solver: since he can't reach the basketball rim he pushed the hoop over to the table, carefully put the ball on top so it wouldn't roll off, climbed on the chair to get to the table, and made a basket! He was so proud of himself! "
Wook at me!"
Porter got creative and colored on the wall with a blue crayon. I told him to go get something to clean it up with and he got a hot pad. Silly boy.
Groundhog Day! (2/2/11) My little son wanted to get into his banana faster than I was getting there so my little problem-solver just bit into it and pulled. It worked for him.
February 2
nd he spent another nap on the floor by his door. He fought it and pulled a flap book apart, then pushed it under, and fell asleep with his hand under the door. Little goober.
Porter loves to help Mommy clean and do chores. He helps me vacuum and everything!
Porter had his friend Nate over one Friday and they went to go watch the garbage man.
Porter's new thing: wrapping up in his towel after a bath and curling up into a ball to lay on the floor.
Porter showing off his artwork made in nursery about a month or so ago.
January 27
th Porter officially turned 29 months (aka: almost two and a half years old!). He weighs 28 lbs, wears 6-7 size shoe, 24 month size clothes, size 4 diaper, uses the potty on occasion, and is growing up so fast! He loves to sing ABC's, count 1-10, and
LOOOOVES saying and signing his colors.
Porter Time Out: he has to stand in a corner with his nose to the wall. He usually takes it all too well. While he is in time out he says over and over (with the cutest, most precious, innocent voice ever) "Okay Mama." He doesn't need time out very often and it's usually for hitting a friend or making a mess of something he knows he's not supposed to touch (such as the dog food/water).
Porter thinks the vacuum is so much fun; he had a Denise the Menace moment...
One Sunday I let Porter 'have at it' with the Sunday paper. He had fun ripping it all to pieces. Kept him busy.
Sweet little guy. Sunday January 30
th he ended up taking a very late nap on the chair in the living room.
Family Home Evening (
FHE) on January 31st Aaron gave a lesson on the 2,000 Stripling Warriors from the Book of Mormon. Aaron and Porter dressed up as "warriors" (basically their superhero look with hats on) and Aaron showed Porter the picture while telling him about those brave young men.
One of Porter's new favorite toys are these building blocks. One of Mommy's least favorite thing is picking them all up. One day he picked them up all by himself without even being asked! Love those moments!
Porter likes to be buried in pillows.
"Run spin" with Daddy! Porter calls it that because he gets a running start and then Daddy spins him around. Adorable! February 1st I was SO PROUD when Porter used the potty (#1 & #2) all by himself! He usually says "poo poo potty" and I take him to the bathroom, but this time he went to the bathroom all by himself and did his business! Afterward I asked if he wanted his "Elmo diaper" on or his big boy underwear. He opted for the underwear and wore them for the evening having one accident. Well, two actually. One of the floor (when we were getting his potty treat) and the other while wearing the undies. I love this little boy. He is such a smart kid and a problem-solver like his Daddy. And true to being a toddler has to get into some mischief now and again. =P
Off to Nashville!!! May 3-14 we visited my family out east and had a wonderful time! Even Aaron looked happy on the plane going out there! Porter has been on a plane several times and he was so cute once again. Such a good little traveler. The funny thing was this time he was actually scared of the take off and landing. Each time he would tell me to "close the door" (the window shade) and said "I don't wanna fall!" It was pitiful and funny at the same time. Once we in the air he was fine. (5/3) Stacey picked us up at the airport and by the time we got to my parents house it was late, but we took a tour of their house (it's very nice and new and beautiful) and went to bed late. I could NOT fall asleep that night and the only reason I could think of was I was SOOOOO excited to see Simon and meet newborn Eliza! So that next morning I got up and traveled the one mile down the road to Stacey's house and saw my extra babies! Simon is hilarious: his favorite thing to watch right now it "Melmo" (Elmo) and as soon as you turn it on he runs up the stairs and watches from the loft through the banister.
My Dad asked Aaron if he would build some shelves in the garage while we were out visiting and he spend the first few days doing that, and did a great job. My Dad really enjoyed the time he spent out in the garage with Aaron and talking to him and assisting with anything he needed. (5/4)
Dear sweet Dad thought of several other things for us to do (paint those shelves, build more shelves, unload storage units, etc) but I quickly squashed those ideas. I love to help family and would help with anything when needed, but we were not going to spend our ENTIRE vacation doing his projects. Sorry but we don't go out very often and I wanted to spend time with my family...not their stuff.
On Thursday (May 5) Stacey and I took the kids to the Discovery Center park to play on the playground and feed the ducks.
Porter LOVED playing with Simon's ball popper and would even stay on the potty to go to the bathroom if he had that to play with.
Stacey takes Simon every Friday to the Smyrna Library (about 20 mins away) for "Books & Babies". We were so glad we (Porter and I) were finally able to attend! (5/6) Every time I have been out there to visit we've tried but it's either canceled or something prevents our attendance. It was so fun! Really geared toward the tots with toys to play with, they can get up and move around all they want, plus they mostly do songs, puppet shows, and finger plays with a short book or two.
I love our story time at the library but it would be nice to have something like Books and Babies for the younger crowd. LOVE spending time out east with my family and Stacey and I always try to keep the kids busy and do fun things. =)
