Whats new and funny with my kids.

Porter:
He got a haircut and he went and looked in the mirror " hey mom now my hair and my lips look just like Eric ( a friend from church)" I thought i was funny he thought the haircut made their lips look the same.

"i am invisible" ( meaning invincible.. we laugh every time!)

" if you were in space i think all of your dreams would come true because you would see a lot of wishing stars"

" I am eating all of my vegetables so I wont grow old" we asked why that would prevent growing old and he said " because i wont get cancer and that makes people old"

Porter asked me if everyone had to die, i told him that every one did. He got really upset and told me he never wanted to die. I told him it was okay because we would all see each other again and be resurrected. He was really distraught about all this. Finally he exclaimed to me " but mommy i dont want to be crucified!" poor kid thought that was how we were all going to die!

We just completed his kindergarten work books and started the first grade ones. He is so smart and picks up new concepts quickly! Mainly we are working on his handwriting now. He is such a perfectionist though and much too hard on himself! We go through a lot of erasers so he can get it just right!

Theo:
"I not three i Teo." "I NOT cute, i Teo." "I not tired i Teo!" Well at least he knows his name, right? He also knows the color purple which he says "orple" and i think its the cutest thing! He is getting speech at the local elementary school now so hopefully he starts talking, and understanding, more so there will be less melt downs.

any quantity more that one is three. If he has two cookies, or five he will say he has three. If he counts his toys he says "one.. three..one.. three.. one ..three" Its hard to not laugh.. and you must never laugh because then he will say " no laugh a me!!"

we told Theo if he went in the potty he could have a fruit snack. he never wants to go, but we keep trying. Lately if i ask him if he wants to go he simply replies " i no fruit snack, no potty!" I know he is ready though. He will hand me a diaper and say "change me". I have tried about 3 times as hard as i did with porter and no luck so far. I give up.. i think i will wait a few months and train him and Arthur the same time this summer! Maybe a little brotherly peer pressure will help!

His favorite things to do are watch scooby doo, and play with the wooden trains we have. Its fun to watch him play with them because Porter only lined them up and never did the whole talking to himself pretend play like Theo does.

Arthur:
all day long he brings me shoes, saying " i shoe..i shoe" if i put them on then he wants to go outside and runs to the neighbors house and knocks on the door. If they are home he will say " i play!" and wants to go inside. its like that book if you give a mouse a cookie... so i just try to not put his shoes on, ever. Its a slippery slope those shoes!

18 months tomorrow. He is barely 20 lbs, bald, and still nursing. So he seems younger to me. At least i dont feel baby hungry, he still is one to me!

He is such a little talker! Theo has been so delayed its weird having this little baby walking around with all these words. Some of his most used ones are shoe, play, fish, ball, football, milk, boobie ( yes i KNOW this is so bad!!) belly, eye, nose, cheese, papi, mama, more, cookie, yesh( for yes) no, bye, hi, drink, up, teeth, mess, mine and various animals and their sounds.

He also says " i show" which he picked up from Theo who says most of the day " i watch show mommy?" I am not sure if Arthur actually wants to watch a show though, or if he just says it because Theo does.

Afternoon funk?

Have a dance party! Kids love it, and its hard to fight and dance at the same time! Oh and bonus its exercise!

Looking for a fun high energy song that your kids will dance too till they fall into giggling heaps on the floor? try the hamster dance:

Hamster dance Video - kewego
The well known hamster song.... Let's dance
Keywords: dance hamster song hit

Video from footy

I will spare you all of the video porter took of me... here is theo who kept saying cheese becuase he thought i was taking pictures. Theo and Porter have watched it 10 times in a row laughing everytime becuase they think its hilarious that he is saying cheese.

Family Night activities

So for the family activity one night Porter wanted to play Uno. Its his favorite game ( well favorite NON video game) The problem is Theo and Arthur are too young to want to play, or know how to play properly.

We kept trying to get them off the table and away from the game but they seemed to think the point of the game was for them to mess up our cards...

So i got out the camera to capture all the fun..

Porter wanted to play with the camera ( he loves to take pictures and then look at them right after)
So we did a family shot and everyone stuck out their tongue.. porter laughed for a few minutes and thought this was the funniest thing ever!

Us all being happy!

Cory and the monkeys!


Theo, porter took this one!

I told everyone to make a silly face. After this all porter wanted to do was make silly faces!

Theo and Porter both collapsed in fits of giggles at this silly new game! They loved looking at the photos we created.

This one is my favorite one because it looks like Porter is scaring Cory.

Porter scaring Cory again.. he thought the other one was so hilarious he wanted to do it again.

We had so much fun taking silly pictures and laughing at ourselves! I suggest you all try this for a fun family activity! Its free, and its really fun! and if you are a child watching your parents its darn right hysterical!

Cory is mortified i am posting these so if you see him be sure to mention them! hehehe

Christmas photo overload ( just for you mom i know you will love it!)

Theo, the shy timid kid in the family. The ONLY one that was not scared to sit on Santa's lap. He even talked with him a bit. Porter and Arthur wouldn't even get near him!

Porter took this picture. He loves to use the camera.

Cory is the funnest dad ever! The boys all enjoy playing with him!

Porter was taking this picture that is why he is not in it, Love Theo's rosy chubby cheeks!

Building gingerbread houses for family night the week of Christmas. We all enjoyed the candy! Theo wanting to taste it!

Arthur enjoyed eating his house..

Porter and Neal's house

Camilla's house

Cory and Theo's house

our Christmas stash!

Little baby is so big! He was not sure what all the fuss was about.
But he loves to pose for pictures. He says "cheese!" if he sees the camera. Its adorable!

Theo was just a tad bit excited for Christmas morning, can you tell?

Porter was sick, this was before all the Tylenol and cold medicine kicked in and made him happy and hyper!
he has a fever here of 102.5

Theo got a marble runner toy. All three boys love playing with it!

My brother Neal was excited about his new snowboarding video game! We loved having him here for Christmas.

Cory was excited for his new super mario brothers game for the wii... its multiplayer so we all can join in the fun! Porter loves it.

and Porter was excited about his new video game super mario galaxy, also for the wii.
There was a lot of video gaming the week after Christmas!

Porter and Theo having a light saber duel. I love Theo's expression in this one!

Cute baby just wanted to sit in the box! love it!

Porter likes to play with Arthur's new blocks more than he does! This is porters new fake smile. I hate it! i don't know why but he says he doesn't want to smile with his teeth anymore.

Darth Vader potato head... the things they come up with! so fun.

My sister Thora sent the boys these awesome star wars mini action figures. They love em!

Theo absolutely loves scooby doo. we also got him some scooby doo underwear to hopefully get him fully potty trained.

This year we let the kids decorate the christmas tree. In years past i have at least done the top half in my pretty glass ornaments. Every thing on the tree this year was kid proof, and most of them porter made. It was for sure not the prettiest tree, but porter was so proud of it and his decorating.

Our new stocking holders, now that we have a fireplace i couldn't resist getting some!

The reason for the season.

Porter decided this wall should be used for all his christmas time coloring pictures. He was so excited to hang them up. Theo did some too.. I am sure you can tell which ones!

I really love garlands. I enjoyed decorating them, and it made up for my lack of tree decorating!

sleeping like babies

When i only had one kid sometimes i would wonder how people had all these pictures of their kids sleeping weird places. Because back when porter was an only child i always had him on a good sleep schedule with a nap every day the same time in his bed and bedtime the same everynight. Fast forward 5 years and with three kids i have found life gets crazy, schedules get messed up, and kids can fall asleep in a mere 3 seconds anywhere and in strange possitions too!
I think this is the only time all year porter has fallen asleep not in the bed or car, but it was hilarious! He was just sitting there one second and asleep the next! The reason being he has started to wake up as early as he can to play video games becuase the little boys and I usually sleep till 8:30ish so he knows he can play till i come downstairs. Sometimes he wakes up when cory leaves for work monday mornings at 6:30 and so gets up 2 hours early for him which makes one very tired little boy!

Ahhhh so still and quiet, love it!>

Theo falls asleep the most often in weird places. He is in that horrible three year old phase where if he gets a nap he stays up till midnight, but if he doesn't i have to try really hard to keep him awake from 4-8pm. If i drive anywhere during those hours there is lots of me yelling at him to keep him awake! But sometimes its just more than he can handle and i will find him somewhere in the house, the bathroom or stairs, or just sitting up in the middle of the room fast asleep. I give him a nap every two days and that seems to be helping just so you don't all think i am a horrible parent!

Theo has a knack for falling asleep in weird positions.

I don't know how you sleep with your but that high in the air, but i don't think i could!

At the grocery store.. he cried and cried the whole time i was shopping till he couldn't stay awake anymore! Cory and I both thought this one was hilarious!

i also have some pictures of him asleep in the swing at the park... but i cant seem to find them on either of our phones or the computer or camera... hmmm but you can imagine. :)