Opposites

come from the same genetic makeup...so weird

exhibit....322

we were working on Faith in God with Cole and Laura

Cole listens to the options and on one of the them, maybe the service, he decides he's not fond of the recommendations. He comes up with an option of his own, which we decide is not so much an option..after a couple more we come up with a viable option. He's planning on doing it some time in the near future..plenty of time.

Laura listens to her options and chooses two from the options given for each area. She immediately begins working on three of them, has since finished one and is still fervently working on the others.

And while Hannah wasn't in this example she carries her own tune just as well.

So fun to watch them grow, be there own person with different strengths and talents. I often look at them and am amazed by who they are and worry and anticipate who they are becoming.

Tonight we went to a middle school open house...MIDDLE. SCHOOL (for added emphasis) and they talked about that in a couple of years they would take my baby to Washington D.C. for a week, only teachers to chaperone. I would like to add some expletives here...

Yesterday, I was singing Somewhere over the rainbow to an eager to laugh four month old, looking in the clear blue eyes of a one year old that knew she could swim if I'd just let her go, and making odd gurgle noises with a five month old who wanted to sing before she could talk.

Today, Cole's constanly making me laugh, Laura's found her fins and swims every chance she gets and Hannah sings like she's on Broadway.

I have times when I'd give anything to have just a day back of those early times....just a day :) ) There are pieces of memories that continue to fade. I realize I can't hold onto an 11 year old and smother him with kisses (although sometimes I do), and the kids aren't quite as easily entertained.

We often command the kids to stop growing and of course they don't listen. And of course we don't really want them to...at least half of the time.

Read this recently
"Now I can see that children are as light as air. They float past you, nudging against you like balloons as they ascend." by Simcha Fisher

I'm excited to see my kids "ascend" brillliantly in their individual ways, I would just like to put a little weight on them so as to control how quickly.

And you can bet your butter, my baby is not going to Washington DC for a week without me.

p.s. this was supposed to be a paragraph note about their differences. ??

More

of kids funny stuff


Laura -
I almost forgot to blog about this and it was so funny!
Cole had surgery and one Sunday only Brandon made it to church, so whenever we're home like that we institute Primary in Pajamas (the pajama mainly applied to just this one time, but may become a regular thing). Laura was thrilled and of course asks to be the Primary President. She comes to me a little later with a babydoll as the acting PP and says would you like to see my baby I just had? And I goo and coo and then she says "and they say I'm going to have another one" and she did and conducted Primary with two babies. I don't think she's ever had a pregnant PP, I suppose she just understands the general idea. It was hilarious.

Hannah -
This morning Brandon startled Hannah and she exclaimed "Daddy, you scared me, pause, but not to death, you just scared me". She cracks me up all the time with stuff like this. I'm an easy target, but I enjoy it so.
Another time today, Cole was getting on to her about something and she said "Golly Geee", in a tone like gosh Cole, get over it. We all busted out laughing and I guess she felt the need to defend herself cause she said Laura says it.

Cole-
This child of mine. His mind is always ticking. He's ALWAYS thinking up games, he says mom I thought up a game, like this is something new. I love the creativity he has, it . is. constant! Today it was a card game named grenade, it would have 5 bomb cards and 20 safe cards. If you got a bomb it would blow up your hand...get it?

If you ask him to do something he doesn't want to he'll say "i'm good". And if I tell him not to do something he quickly quips "I will, worry".

We had such a wonderful day, we apparently haven't played go fish in a while and it was Hannah's first time playing by herself...sooooooo cute! Then we played crazy eights (first time) and old maid, first time for Laura, sadly. I told her she'd love it and she did, the suspense, she could barely stand it. We popped popcorn and laughed a lot.

I really have the greatest family!!!

November in November

yea for me :) and these pics are chronologically backwards, but I'm over it.

This picture is eternal proof that my husband LOVES me. A. LOT. The fair is expensive..and it lasts only a day, not Brandon's cup of tea. We may have been once since Cole was born, but didn't ride rides. I have good memories of going to the fair with my friends, riding rides into the night. This year I wanted to take Laura(a sure thing) and Hannah (b/c I can't swing that child high enough...she didn't like the rides). So off we went to spend a wad of cash. Laura and I got bands and Cole got money to spend on the money magnets also know as throw something lose your dough kind of fun. Laura loved it, more than I thought she would, unfortunately. After the first ride I was so sick, but she loved it so I couldn't stop, although there were rest times for me. Cole Laura and I did the fun house, we got the girls some icees, cause it was hot. Cole, Hannah and Brandon watched the wild animal show. Laura and Hannah rode a couple of kiddie rides, sounds like enough right..three hours worth. Laura was still on go mode, Cole was on let's go mode. So, Brandon ever so kindly left us at the fair, ran errands and came back to pick us up..told you LOVE (althought this was mostly for Laura, even sweeter) - and cause we spent moolah on the bands. She and I were there for 5 and 1/2 hours. Towards the end she insisted on riding the zipper, by herself, cause I would of defintely tossed my cookies, then some spinny ride that I rode with her and right after that the swings. Then she was done, right after the Haunted House ride. She was sick then, part of the fair, just took her longer to get there than I expected. Oh but we ended it wiith a yummy funnel cake..... dreamy!

Laura called me nine times while Brandon and I were on our date (I left my cell phone in the van) to see if she could face paint. This is what she and Taylor accomplished in the 5 minutes after she got permission. :)

Freezing at the soccer game, she couldn't move!

The kids(probably Hannah) said take a picture of us we're so cute. Yes they are!

Perfection

See that silly reminder post reminded me...and it's not anything grand, mainly inspired by the shoes.

We went school shopping and have a few finds that were just...perfect!


Perfect Shirt for Cole...all about gaming















Perfect shoes for Laura, and perfectly not school shoes.



And we're walking through wal-mart not looking for a backpack for Hannah. Happened upon this one and it couldn't stay hanging on the rack when it truly belonged on the back of my three year old. Talk about representin'? Perfectly.



You know us Porters, settling for nothing less than perfection!

My kids

Two funny stories, not the ones I couldn't remember the previous post, fresh new ones.

Today we spontaneously institued the popcorn/family story time. We eat popcorn, the kids color and we tell family stories from Brandon's life, my life and the kid's lives. Brandon was telling some story about his uncle that involved explaining the flammability of gasoline. Brandon ask "what do we know about gas"...Cole "it's expensive" !!!! Spoken like a true son of Brandon Porter.

Yesterday Laura and I went on a date to Wal-mart for necessities and for her to spend her gift card that she got as a bday present. We get to the checkout and she wants a bag of gummy worms and gummy bears and I explain she only has enough money for one. She quietly puts one in the buggy. She's kind of bouncing around and says excitedly and all surprised, "Mom, I'm not panicking, I'm wanting to panic, but I'm not panicking!" So proud of herself as was I because if it has to do with sugar and Laura not getting it, it can turn into a serious pitch a panic hissy fit. My baby's growing up.

Speaking of babies growing up.... my Hannah slept into a big girl's bed last night. Laura and Hannah share a room, but last night Laura moved her sleeping quarters in with Cole, so Hannah felt this was her chance. So I let her get in there and thought it would last for a few minutes. She stayed in Laura's bed the whole night and rode to church with her Daddy this morning by herself while I took Cole and Laura and today this mommy's girl had very little interest in me. My heart was breaking. I get that it has to happen but does it have to happen so fast? She did go back into her crib today after I gave her a chance to go to sleep in Wawa's (Laura's) bed, so maybe not so fast. sometimes you wish you could stop the clock and other times it can't go gast enough. Parenthood I suppose. I love it.