Just like daddy

Porter is obsessed with his dad. I have never seen another child act like that with a father. Its kinda like Daddy's boy meets obsessed stalker. He LOVES to do what dad does. The only time P will watch TV is if he's sitting with dad, and it's Super Y cartoons. (I have no idea either). He mimics everything. We were putting together a shelfing unit, and Porter grabs the hammer and starts hammering, just like daddy. When P broke the CD drive in the PC, Evan took it apart and fixed it. P grabbed the screwdriver and went to town, just like daddy. He puts on his shoes, and wears his hats, and brushes his teeth, just like daddy. Evan found a little kid's educational game online, and P just sits there and stares. Just like daddy. If there were anyone to emulate, he's my first pick too! Way to be a positive influence daddy!

Fixing the CD ROM

Watching the game

Playing on the computer

Boys will be boys

The other night. I was changing P for bed. He was playing with our Catch Phrase game when I heard a "bonk". He fussed a little, and I kissed his forehead, cause after all, isn't that where he always hits his head? Nope. A minute later I noticed this...Yep, he chipped his tooth! I feel terrible, but I also know it won't be the last, and many more scarrings are yet to follow. Sad!
In fact, the other day at church, he struggled out of my grasp just in time to fall and hit his head on the corner of the hymn book holder. He let out one of those silent screams, where only the pain is masked for a quiet moment and Evan whisked him out where he could be heard screaming down the hall. I panicked thinking he hit his mouth, or his nose. Nope, just skinned his chin. Poor guy is too adventurous for his own good!

What does a Giraffe say?

Porter was a Giraffe for Halloween. Maybe I should start at the beginning.

Evan's sister Laura is nuts about Pumpkins. It could be due to the fact that her birthday is on Halloween, or that she was raised in a pumpkin patch, I'm not sure. Every year during the week of Halloween, she spends literally days carving, planning, gutting, and caring for her pumpkins. I love it! Her planning starts Nov. 1 of every year for the next Halloween. To be quite honest, she's really good at it, and has a following which is growing each year. If you saw her house in person, you'd understand. It's amazing! Here's a few that I carved myself from the Harry Potter series: Voldemort, Serious Black, and Dumbledore. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of work. To see the rest of the 64 masterpieces, click here-http://www.blogger.com/www.pumpkinslayers.com

My parents came down to be with P and go "trick or treating" with us. We took them to Cafe Rio first, then off to the neighborhood. Here's how Grandma and Grandpa always leave P when he eats with them! YUM!!! They were fun to have around, and we hope they enjoyed their visit.

P didn't really know what was going on, but loved playing with the big kids and LOVED dressing up. The next morning, he came tearing out of his room holding his costume up, really excited. It was so cute!