The Egg Project.

There was a "mystery egg" left in Porter's Easter basket this year...Put it in water & in a few days it will crack open & hatch a "pet." Porter was OBSESSED with this "pet" & kept a close eye on this egg. Everyday he would check the progress. At one point, I was afraid he really truly thought there was a real pet inside. It turned out to be a rather disappointing little yellow chick & I think Porter was less than impressed, but checking the "status" of the egg daily was fun & it was a cool little project.

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came! The Easter Bunny came!




Whoa! You mean there's stuff inside these eggs?!

PLAY BALL!!

The entire family came over to celebrate Easter & after a fabulous brunch, we headed outside into the sunshine to play a little ball. At long last, spring has sprung! Porter has just been chomping at the bit to get out there & get in the batting cage. He has improved so much since last summer, which is so great to see. This year, he can follow direction so much better & he actually HIT a lot of balls!

Egg-stravaganza!

We attempted to dye Easter eggs today. Porter wasn't into it nearly as much as I thought (or hoped) he would be. (Daddy says it's because he's a boy, but I'm not buying it.) We did have a good time doing it...even if it was short-lived.

Train + Fish = Fun!

Daycare was closed today for Good Friday & the weather was finally warm enough to spend more than 10 minutes outside, so we decided to take a little family adventure. Several months ago, Porter had asked us if he could ever see a real live shark. We told him YES! and had made a promise to go to Underwater World at the Mall of America...So today, that is what we did. We live about 7 blocks from the nearest lightrail station, so we made the trek to the station, hopped on the lightrail & away we went to the MOA. It was a beautiful sunny day, so the walk was nice & it worked out really well for Blair to get on & off the train. We got to Underwater World & couldn't believe the line of people just to get tickets! Mental note: Next time, go online & buy tickets ahead of time because those smart people didn't have to wait in line & in fact, went right in. So we get in line & Porter says, "I don't think I want to do this." Ummm...sorry Charlie, but we're doing this! We waited in line about a half an hour & then made our way through the exhibit. It was cool, but I don't think Porter thought it was as cool as we thought he would. He was a little scared because it was pretty dark in there, so he sat on Daddy's lap the entire time. In fact, he sat on Daddy's lap almost the whole trip. Since the potty training thing is still a fairly new concept at our house, Blair was just waiting to suddenly have a wet lap to deal with...but Porter did great! We only went to the bathroom once after the exhibit. It was our first "public bathroom experience" & Porter kept saying "I'm going to fall in the water! I'm going to fall in, Mama!" but we made it without such a catastrophe. Phew. After the aquarium, we boarded the train once again & on our way back stopped at one of our favorite burger joints near our place for some lunch. We've ordered take out from this place many many times, but this was the first time Blair had ever attempted to get his chair inside the place. The great news is that he fit without a problem, so now we know we can walk to this place again if we want! By the time we fnished lunch, Porter was long overdue for a nap & in fact hit his wall on the walk home...on Daddy's lap! All in all, what a great family day!

PORTER LOVES THE TRAIN!


STING RAY OVERHEAD!


AS PROMISED...REAL LIVE SHARKS!




GINORMOUS SEA TURTLE!


NEMO & DORI WERE THERE!


NAP TIME!

From the mouths of babes.

Porter: "I wish all mommies could be boys."

Lay off.

Today at daycare, Porter had a few accidents & went through a few pairs of pants...So at the end of the day he announced that he had gone potty & Abby asked if he went on the toilet or in his pants. (She's the button pusher of the group) Porter said to her, "Don't you worry about it."

Tattle Tail.

Today Porter said at the dinner table, "Today Annie said that I was being a tattle tail. I told her that Lucas was on the blue rug."
I love the fact that he tattled on himself...to me...to tell me that he was being a tattle tail at daycare.

The fresh air itch.

Porter has just been itching to get outside now that the snow is gone & we can finally see the grass again. New this spring: He now knows how to petal the big wheel! Hurray! No more bent-over-kills-your-back-to-do-this-how-much-longer pushes from Mom to make it go!!

Is Spring here...YET???

Someone is just itching to get OUTSIDE to play some ball! He is so so anxious & would NOT stop talking about it, that one night we ended up doing a make-shift game inside the condo!