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Play Group

Today Porter had his first official play group. We decided it could be a good thing so he could learn to play with other kids, share and be nice to others. We had a good turn out with 6 ladies and 9 kids. My neighbor Sarah came with her two kids (Rylee and Levi), Sarah's sister-in-law Melanie came with her two boys (Marek and Presley?), my friend Anna came with her two boys (Joshua and Nathan), my friend Julie came with her son Noah and a new girl from our ward, Brittany, came with her daughter Roxanne.

Porter, Noah and Roxanne


Porter, Nathan and Roxanne


Levi, Porter and Nathan


Marek and Porter


Roxanne


Roxanne, Rylee and Porter


Nathan


Roxanne, Porter, Levi and Rylee


Noah, Julie, Joshua, Marek, Melanie and Presley


I love play dates. I'm sure these will be happening a lot more around here.

Porter's "Doon"

Porter loves to eat with silverware now. He almost can't eat any meal without a "doon" (spoon). Here he is using it to eat spaghetti and pumpkin bread.

The Little Lion

We borrowed this cute little costume from some friends of ours. Porter even goes "grr" like a lion. Here he is waiting to go to our trunk or treat with his little pumpkin basket that he got from another ward's trunk or treat while waiting for us at the temple with his babysitter.

Porter's New Adventure

First, Porter got his hairs cut. We did not get before pictures so you will have to see what his hair looked like before throughout the pictures before. The first two pictures are of his "new do".




Porter has discovered playing in our backyard an adventure. The last couple of days we have been letting him play back there by himself with us doing the dishes or doing dinner. Our yard is small and you can see the whole thing from our kitchen window. We leave the sliding door open so he can go in and out of the house as he pleases. He loves it outdoors and has found new adventures in our yard. Who knew there was so much to play with back there?

Free Pumpkin

I found a coupon for a free pumpkin on craigslist so on saturday we went and picked one out. Porter loved running around and we came home with a a rather large pumpkin.

Investigating a New Park

A couple of weeks ago I took Porter to play at a new park in town. We met some friends there and Porter loved running around. He even figured out how to go down the slide backwards on his belly. Here are a few pictures from his grand adventure.