How many times do you have to cook it?

So tonight I was making Porter an elaborate dinner of frozen chicken strips with a brownie and I learned just how good of a cook I am.
I followed the instructions on the package and put the meal in the microwave, Porter asked if his dinner was ready yet and I said not quite. He asked if I had to put it in and cook it again. I said yes I had to turn over the nuggets and put it back in. Porter then informed me that daddy only has to cook it once because he is a good cook, but I am not a very good cook. I told him if he thought I wasn't a good enough cook maybe he better figure out how to cook it himself and he said no you are a good cook, just not a very good cook.
Out of the mouths of babes!! They only speak the truth I guess. But I do make a MEAN piece of toast. wait until he tastes that!! :)

Female Drivers

Today in Sacrament meeting Porter was drawing some pictures and telling me what they were. He drew two pictures and then said "this is daddy driving, and this you driving, you can tell because there's your boobs" I choked back my laughter and told him not to talk about that. So a little louder than his first comment he says to his dad "daddy why cant we talk about girls boobs?"
Innocent and embarrassing!
Not a story I will soon forget I am sure. We may need a little lesson in modesty or at least modest speech at our house.

An Uncomfortable Melvin

Porter saw this add in ESPN magazine and he really loves it.
As soon as he saw it he said "Mom, this guy has a horse in his butt crack!!"
But he loves the picture. He wanted to cut it out and glue it on paper. I asked what he wanted it for and what he would do with it he said "just to have it". That has been about a week or more ago but he is still talking about the horseman.

Divine Intervention

Sometimes divine intervention may be as small as a sister in law, who unknowing that you are literally at your wits end and are two minutes away from snapping, randomly calls to see if they can drop in for a quick visit.
Thanks Tata. Love you!!!!

He's profound for 3.

The other night Porter and I were in McDonald's in wal-mart, and we were surrounded by Mexican people and he was looking around taking it all in and he said to me "Mom, everybody has different skin huh?" "Yes" I replied looking around to see if anyone had heard him and then he said "But on the inside we all have pink tongues".
We could learn a lot from three year olds!!!!!!

tHE hUNT

tONIGHT WE DYED eASTER eGGS AT bOGGY'S. pORTER LIKED COLORING ON THEM AND DYING THEM BUT WAS MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT "THE HUNT".

hE THOUGHT IT WAS COOL THAT YOU COULD

WRITE ON THEM AND THEN SEE THE SECRET

MESSAGE WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THE DYE.

aBOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE CARTON HE STARTED BEGGING pAPA jOE TO HIDE THEM FOR THE HUNT. iT WAS PRETTY FUN TO HIDE THEM AND USE ALL OF OUR OLD HIDING PLACES FROM WHEN jAKE AND aBBY WERE LITTLE. wE ARE PRETTY FUNNY. :)

"the flower place"

Tonight driving home Porter said "mom when are we going to the flower place again? I had no clue what he was talking about. I said what flower place and he said right there and pointed out the window. I said the cemetery? He said yeah, So I asked him if wanted to go put some flowers on the graves and he said "I want to take flowers there because I am missing Sammy. " I didn't make the connection but it was so sad anyway. I told him I was sorry that he was missing Sammy, but that Sammy was probably missing him too and that Mothers day is in about a month and Sammy will get to call home that day and he can talk to him on the phone. He started to cry and said I just want him to come home tomorrow. It was heart wrenching. Two years to a three year old is like a lifetime. I guess at some point we have taken him to the cemetery and probably told him you take flowers there to put on graves of loved ones you have lost and are missing. This is the only thing I can figure.

Porter's Best NIght Ever!!!

So last night I had bunco and so Burk took Porter to bowling. As soon as I got there to pick him up he said ran over and said look what I got. Jeff had given him a dollar. And then he said Denny said I could bowl. (Denny works at the bowling alley, and often lets Porter just bowl while we wait for Burk) So can I bowl, Denny said I could bowl! I said I don't know bud and he said "Please mama I always wanted to spend my life on bowling" It was pretty funny. So he got to bowl and did pretty well. He bowled an 86 all by himself. He kicks my trash. He was using all kinds of bowling lingo talking about the picket fence, the Greek church, and the baby split. A sure sign I need to ban Sunday bowling on T.V.
He was so freakin happy to get to bowl.

And here is his game face

After he bowled he went to play on the arcade games and then he came running back screaming now I have enough money. He was waving a five dollar bill. I asked him enough money for what and he said anything I want. "I have a one and five, five plus one is six" I didn't have to ask where it came from. :) It was a pretty eventful and fun night for him.

Porters special visitor

Last week we told Porter that Hillface was coming home for Conference, and that he would probably get to see her. He couldn't wait. All day he was like lets go, come on guys.

At one point he finally said "We have to go now, Hilwe is pwobly at Boggy's already and she is missing me we have to go now. So we went to Boggy's a little early but Hillface wasn't there yet. Every couple of minutes he would ask one of us when is Hilwe coming, why isn't she here yet?

He pestered us until Boggy finally let him call her. It was funny cause when she got there he got all crazy and excited but pretended to be a little shy. Last night when we got home and he said his prayers before bed he said "please help Hilwe get home safe and I wish that when summer comes and it gets warmer days she will come a lot of days to see me." It was soooo freakin sweet. You can tell from these pictures how happy is to see her. I tried to get him not to cheese but he cant smile smaller when she is around. Watch out Sammy!!!!

We Love you Hillface. Thanks for coming to visit.

JaCkPoT!!!

Last weekend Burk and Papa Joe bowled in the State Bowling Tournament. Sheryl, Porter, and I went down on Saturday night with them to watch the team event. It was a long night, but lucky for Sheryl and I the people watching was at its BEST!! But the highlight of the night was in the arcade. Our friend Jeff (who always fills Porters pockets with money at bowling) and Boggy each gave Porter a dollar to spend in the arcade. He got his tokens and played a little ski ball where he got one ticket. Punched a clown for another eight and Boggy found one on the floor so he was up to 10. And then he decided to put one token in this game where you have to try to blow up a balloon by pushing the button to stop the air, when it pops you get how ever many tickets its on. But by some miraculous stroke of luck Porter dropped in the coin and hit the button when the little pointer was on a space that was honestly a centimeter wide, if that. It was the instant inflate and pop button! Boggy starts saying he did it, he did it, and the machine starts shooting out tickets. Porter was laughing and squealed with excitement. It was pretty cool. The kid working in there said I have never done that, I cant believe he did that. He ended up with a flying saucer thing that was 175 tickets and three GI Joe guys that were 4 tickets each. Those were his favorite. Of Coarse!! Anyhow it was a pretty fun thing. Thanks Jeff and Boggy.