Porter: j/k

We are getting ready to put the kids to bed.

(And Porter HAS to have someone carry him to bed - tradition.)

I'm finishing up at the computer...

Porter:  "Mom, will you PLEASE carry me down to bed?"

(followed by lots of pulling on my arm)

Mom:  "Oh, alright.  Only if you say 'pretty please'."

Porter:  "Pretty Please."

(followed by cheesiest grin ever)

Mom:  "...and a cherry on top."

Porter:  "And a cherry on top."

I get up to take him downstairs.

Dane:  "Porter, make sure you tell her about the worm in the cherry."

Porter:  whispers-- "Mom, there's a worm in the cherry."

Mom:  "Oh, that's too bad."

I go back to sit at my desk.

Porter grabs my arm:

"There's no worm in the cherry!"

Mom:  "Oh, good!"

Porter: Heaviest in the World

We are Trick or Treating around the neighborhood...

(crazy tradition?  yes.)

While Porter and I are walking, Porter says:

"Ugh.  This basket is the heaviest in the world!"

Jenn says:

"Want me to help you with that?"

Porter replies:

"Never mind.  It's not the heaviest in the world."

(This coming from the kid who kept saying through the whole night --

"Mom!  Stop taking my candy!"

My defense:

"You had two of those!  It's okay.")

Porter: Glass of Water

Jenn is tucking Porter in bed...

Porter - "Mom, I need a glass of water."

Jenn - "I'll have Debany get it for you, ok?"

Porter - "Ok."

Jenn - "Debany, will you get Porter a glass of water, please?"

Debany - "Sure."

Porter - "Porter, the King."

Jenn - "Oh, excuse me.  Debany, will you please get Porter, THE KING, a glass of water?"

Debany - "Yes, Mom."

Debany brings Porter a glass of water...

Porter - "Bow to me."

Dane - "I must go pay homage to the king."

Myanna: shirts and socks

So, last night I put the girls hair in sock curls.

This morning, I heard Myanna say, 

"It's hard to put my shirt on with all these socks on my head."

I had to think about that.  That's not something I hear very often.

he he he

Porter: Torture and Fences

Kids:  "Can we go to Mia's?  She invited us in her backyard."
Dane:  "Okay.  When I need to come and torture you I'll know where to go."
Porter:  "Yessss."  (We're thinking, "Oh? He must like being tortured...")
Porter:  "You won't find us!  You can't find us because there's a FENCE!"

Debany : spots

We were playing 'hide and find the cookies' for Family Home Evening...

(the crocheted cookies grandma made)

Dane:  "I'm suprised you found yours so fast, Jenn!"

Jenn:  "I saw spots!  And I'm good at seeing spots."

(hinting at my migraine symptoms)

Debany:  "Yeah!  Especially in my clothes..."

Porter : Work

Porter:  I have to go to work

Myanna:  No, it's your day off.

Porter: No.  Bob says I need to work.  

I need to get my work clothes on.  

Hurry, Bob's going to fire me!