Stitches

Well Porter's stitches were a success until the next morning when I noticed it gaping back open. i couldn't believe my eyes! So I called the Dr's office and they said bring him back! Well come to find out it opened up because there was infection in it and that's why it popped open. So he gave him a prescription to clear up that and also for his cold and ears so it was a good thing I took him in before we went out of town. It definitely wasn't what I had planned for the day before going out of town but since when do "mom's" plans count? LOL

stitch stitch here stitch stitch there

CHEESE

Adventures in the life of Porter continue. He decided to be the first of our children to require stitches today! He only needed 3 of them, He was a true little fighter while they did it, it's a good thing they strapped him down. The nurse said "we have to strap him down" and I said "GOOD!!!"

The kids were running and playing and getting out all their energy and we thought let them run for a minute and get it out of their system, right? Well Porter's little legs couldn't keep up with his body and he bonked on the bottom edge of a book shelf at Aunt Janene's house. We had gone over so Nene and I could swap coloring hair. All I can say is it's a good thing that we hadn't started yet, I don't know what I would look like right now if we had. We just kept saying "we need to start" but I think it was one of those tender mercies that we didn't.

Isn't it supposed to be Christmas soon?

So tonight while Porter slept forever I decided to have Tucker help me bring up the Christmas tree. Next week will go by too fast and then we'll be out of town and before you know it Christmas will be here and gone!!! The kids had soo much fun, they even had Tim help them get most of the lights working, I was too tired to even mess with that part since the tree was so mangled after the move. Tucker even made home made snow flakes for it, I guess I'll have to make sure they find a home on it, even though I'm picky about my tree!!! It's about the kids, right?

It really seemed extra weird this year getting it out and I couldn't put my finger on why.... then Tim got home and said it's too warm to be almost Christmas and that's when it hit me, too warm!!! Then I talked to Jo (my sister) later tonight and her kids have been wondering why she hasn't been in the spirit yet (she's a Christmas nut) and she told them "it's kinda hard when it's 60 outside!" I agree, but oh well there's not much we can do about that now is there?

So how do people get in the mood in warm climates? I don't know about it, it just doesn't seem right!

So Merry Christmas everyone and happy sunbathing!

Trouble, Trouble, Trouble

Well where do I start?..... This little man sure lives up to his new T-shirt which reads "Trouble is my middle name." Well if you read previous posts you know what he did to the computer monitor, his latest escapades include breaking the door off of the entertainment center and putting nice scratches in the kitchen table. He even hid the evidence, I have no clue what he used to scratch the table, one of them he did one day and the other the next, I still don't know what he used, I hope I don't find out by finding more scratches!!!! I sure love this little guys cute personality, when I was telling him no no about the entertainment center I almost busted up laughing at the faces he was making!!! How could I not love the little huggable guy. I had such conflicting emotions of being so furious to loving him to death talk about confusing!!! He definitely keeps me hopping. Let's just say that today when I showered I kept him in the room with me and brought in lots of toys to keep him occupied. My sister asked if he gets in as much trouble as Tucker did and I said worse because he's learning from the older two, I hope I'm still standing at the end.

Where there's SMOKE there's FIRE

The kids woke up early on Sunday as I'm sure most everyone's did. Well I was laying in bed listening to them when the smell of something burning came wafting through the heat vents (it was very strong since our bedroom has 4 vents in it). My first thought was okay so they burned a piece of toast....well the smell kept getting stronger. So of course I dragged myself out of bed to investigate. When I got downstairs all three of them were in front of the TV as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. So I asked Tucker what happened (I won't say the exact phrase I used :-) ) He said we tried to cook a piece a bread in the microwave, so I opened it up and whoa if I thought the smell was bad before!!! Inside was the plastic plate cover with a fist size black melted hole. They had put the burnt bread in the garbage. Come to find out if you cook bread for 3 minutes on high it starts on fire. Tucker said I think it might have been on fire when I opened it. GREAT I thought. So I spent the rest of the morning trying to get the smell out of the house and the microwave, I'm sure it will take days to completely clear.

A Saturday Out

We called Grandma and grandpa and asked if they wanted to go shopping when they were done with the conference center. Grandpa called us back and said yes
before even asking Grandma hehehe good thing she likes us! So we met them and took them to a park where we made sandwiches and watched the kids run around. It was really fun
The kids had a great time exploring, and it was quite entertaining and nerve racking to watch Porter get really close to the fish pond there. We had a budding photographer, I took the first pic of Tucker and Porter and then I never saw the camera again!!! Tucker did a pretty good job! I guess that's why there is actually a picture of me!

After shopping Porter was tired and fell asleep. We had promised the kids we would ride trax around downtown. But first we got ice cream and Grandma and I stayed in the car

with sleepy head. Then we dropped everyone else off at the trax we were near and picked them up by the conference center where we then left Grandma and Grandpa to get their car. Porter didn't get to ride the train which is a shame I think he would have love it! Plus he woke up soon after we drove to get everyone and screamed the entire time!! The train ride would have much more fun. Overall though it was a GREAT day.

"TORNADO"

Well we had a "Tornado" hit our house yesterday evening, TWICE! The said "Tornado" took a pencil and scribbled all over our nice LCD computer monitor!!! So a "time out" was had and then later .... well I saw new scribbling on the monitor. The first set of scribbles came off with water and vinegar and left a few marks that you wouldn't notice if you didn't know about it. However the second "Tornado" left a bit more damage, there's a few spots of grey still left and definitely some scratches. I know there are worse things he could do but AHHHHH. It sure is a good thing he is CUTE and that we LOVE him!!!! I will try my best to make sure none of you experience the damages of said "Tornado" only the cuteness of the "little man with his own langauge"!

Little Man

Well our "little man" finally made it onto the growth chart for weight!!! He is a whopping 24 pounds at age 2 years and 4 months, he is in the 5th percentile, is anyone surprised at the 5th? I think Tucker was that big at age one. He is also still wearing size 4 shoes, what other 2 year old has that small of feet? I know I know I can still fit in little girl shoes but I'm a girl! He is still 2 inches away from making it onto the growth chart in length, coming in at a whopping 30 1/2 inches tall, that 1/2 is important too! He's our little shorty!!! It doesn't stop him from getting into trouble though. The other day he was being a little tornado and the name "nado" came out, we'll see if it sticks! He is just constantly on the move and you never know when he's coming. I'm starting to think tornado is the perfect name for him, he definitely leaves a path of destruction.

Pumpkins????

McKenna was able to spend two nights at our house, and we had so much fun! Grandma Sanders also spent the night, and then went to Janene's house some of the time too. McKenna loves to scrapbook so she was in heaven at my house!!! She spent a lot of time learning how to use my little Cricut machine, I think she wanted to move in! Well she did miss her baby sister a bit.
McKenna and Tucker braved the land of gooey pumpkin entrails. Abbey wasn't even remotely interested, she spent the evening playing and singing with her new toys. Porter however wanted to be right in on the action a little too much! None of us could figure out how he managed to keep getting hold of the knife!!! Maybe that night he could have been a magician.
McKenna was so great to let Porter help her with the carving, she was a great helper! Maybe she can move in!
The finished products!!!
McKenna was bumbed, we forgot to bring her pumpkin to take home. I told her it can look cute at our house.
Do they look proud or what?

A Huge Celebration!

Sunday afternoon we went to Janene and Chris's house for a combined Birthday party. It was soo fun, we celebrated for Spencer, Tony, Abbey, Bryson and Braden. Abbey was a little confused about it! I think she thought she had two birthday's. Plus it was Grandma Jenkins' birthday that day too and when I told her she said "you said it was my birthday." I tried to explain it was a party day for her, she'll get it eventually.


Abbey and Bryson's birthdays were the closest in proximity, well and Braden's but I don't think he really cared about sitting on the counter and cutting himself a huge piece of cake. Abbey was a little apprehensive about using a knife and being able to cut the cake. Uncle Chris was sooo cute with her. He plopped her up on the counter and gave her a huge butcher knife and tole her to cut as big of a piece as she wanted!!! Well she cut a big one!! Earlier that night she had told me that she was shy of Chris, well I think she has started to overcome that now, it was just so fun!

While everyone else was busy watching gifts be opened Porter snuck over and started helping himself to someones cake, he was a pure mess from what I hear. Dani McAllister was nice enough of do the cleaning off.


He is becoming so demanding these days. Tim and I were just talking about him needing a new nickname. Tim was thinking about tornado, I though maybe hurricane Porter. It still hasn't been decided, maybe it will depend on whether any liquids are involved in the act of crime!!!

Halloween Parade

Tucker's school had their Halloween parady on Friday, they thought that maybe it would cause less interuptions on the actuall day, well I guess they'll find out tomorrow! Super boy was tired of waiting for the parade to come by.
Tucker didn't see us for awhile. They were walking by so fast it was hard to get a good picture.
Porter's little cape blowing!! He was so cute walking with it on, he was so proud!

Abbey's Birthday!!!

Abbey was so excited to turn 5 she had been counting down for days!!! In fact one day at Grandma Sanders house she asked how many days it was until her birthday, I told her 13. She replied with "is that two 5's?" I told her it was two 5's and a 3 then she said "a 3 and a 2 and a 3 and a 2 and a 3?" My mom and I looked at each other in shock and replied yeesss. Tim was convinced it was a fluke until she did the same thing 2 days later when I told her it was 11 days until her birthday. I'm sure it's because she knows there are 5 people in our family and 2 girls and 3 boys, or 2 parents and 3 kids, we do that a lot. But it was still impressive!!!

Abbey only wanted to have Island Princess for her birthday, it's the latest Barbie movie. Well I thought she had plenty of Barbie's but since she talked about it non-stop who was I to decide what she got! She sings all the songs all the time, in fact she even copies the vabrado in the song, it's sooo cute and pretty amazing too.

I think her face says it all!!!

My attempt at making an Island Princess cake, she was supposed to have peacock feathers, and Abbey had the idea to use the candles as the peacock feathers, it worked pretty well.

I swear I didn't buy trick candles, but those things wouldn't to out!!!

A little frosting anyone?

Abbey and her new Island Princess doll, which did I mention it sings too. Porter carries it around pushing the button non-stop!!! It can be fun!