We can't wait for 2010 and know it's going to be great too!
Here's some more pics from Porter from all the Christmas week activities!
Porter and I both got new camera's for Christmas...this is how we look to each other now =)
Porter is really into "helping" now...he wants to help cook, and usually in the middle of everyone eating, he announces, "i done...i want to do dishes now" ;) let's hope that lasts awhile!
Porter also got a tricycle/helmet that he got for Christmas...he loves the bike, but he really thinks he needs the helmet on whenever he's outside!
...the day porter realized that he couldn't open all those presents under the tree yet!!
and he was DEVESTATED! When he left to spend the weekend with Pop there were no presents under the tree, when he got back, he didn't understand why he couldn't open all the new presents =)
Here's a video I took of Porter "practicing" for his big Christmas program song one morning this week...needless to say it was an *ahem* challenge to get Porter to practice ;)
Porter had his Christmas program at "school" this morning. I didn't get too many good pictures of the kids singing their song ("Bells are Ringing"), but he had a mini party in his room with the other kids that was a lot of fun!
Ryan was working out of town all week, and didn't make it home in time for the program, but Pop came and took his place =) We're so glad he came, and videoed the program so Ryan can see it later!
This is when the kids first walked on stage--Porter wasn't liking all the flashing cameras!
Seeing Pop for the first time--he was sooo excited! He had a meltdown the day before because he couldn't go to Pop's house right then!
Listening to the story of Jesus being born on Christmas day
He was so cute, and clapped when the story was over and Jesus was born!
Porter's teachers had the cutest activity planned--they had a "snoball" fight with the parents with marshmellows! Porter had a blast, though he did try to eat the first one ;)
Victory!!
Porter was very excited that when he left school, he got to go home for the weekend with Pop!
When we got back home, he refused to get out of the truck--he sat there while I went inside and packed his overnight bag! He was not getting left by Pop!
I have some cute videos that I'll post when I get them uploaded and edited!
Why is getting the perfect (or even just ok) picture for the Christmas card the HARDEST thing in the world to do! I, of course, put our Christmas cards off until the last minute again--which means my options are the "print and pick up in an hour" variety! Oh, well--maybe next year I'll get it done before December 15th!
I wanted to take Porter's picture outside, since my camera is awful, and I knew that the pics outside would turn out better...BUT of course, we have the flood of the century and it's been non-stop raining for a week...my backyard has turned into a lake so I quickly realized that I was NOT letting Porter out there anytime soon in his white shoes that go with his "picture outfit"!
So I got him dressed this morning, and really talked up his big picture day! He was so excited, too bad that he didn't really understand??!
This is when I understood that it was going to be a long process:
(I have a million of these "cheesy" fake smiles)
when I tried to make him laugh, he thought I was going to tickle him ;)
an even bigger cheesier grin:
almost...if I wouldn't have cut off the top of his head (he was running toward me)
starting to get aggrevated with all the pictures...
I have several "finger in ear" poses...
this is the point that I realized, I may NEVER get the picture!
BUT after all of that (including about 75!! more that didn't make the cut) I did get a GOOD picture for our card...I'll post it after I get all my cards sent out!
Porter and I had a movie date this afternoon for "The Princess and the Frog". I picked him up from school a little early and took him to see this great movie! We both loved it!! It is set in New Orleans and has great music--Porter got out of his seat and danced to every song =)
I told him when he got up this morning, that we were going to the movies IF he was a good boy at school and took a good nap. You see he has a problem with naps at school--he doesn't like them!! He has no problems at home, but at school he just doesn't want to go to sleep! Well, when I got there to pick him up he was out cold, so I guess my bribery worked ;)
I love going to the movies, and Porter has definitely inherited this...he LOVES it! We started taking him when he was about 22 months old and he has never had any problems being loud/noisy or sitting through the entire movie! And he still gets in the movies free here, so he's a cheap date (if you don't count the $5 slushy and $4 candy)!
**as I'm sitting here typing this, a commercial for the movie came on--Porter got very excited and said, "I want to see frog mobie (movie) again!!"
Oh, and we saw the preview for "Toy Story 3" and I am counting down til June for that one--we can't wait!!!
