The Porter's Place: October 2010

So, I attended a reunion party for my madrigal group from high school. It was a fantastically good time! In the process of telling old friends about my life, I realized that Logan will be 5 in February. Now it may not seem like a big deal, but 5 is a BIG deal! It's much older than 4, which is still little and sweet. 5 year olds go to school. They have friends I've never met, and talk to adults I'm not familiar with. 5 quickly turns into 6 which is mouthy and oppinionated. And while I am having a panic attack about this birthday, I think about my sweet little boy and envision the kid he will inevitably become. And then I picture him as a teenager, and even older, becoming a daddy himself. And I start to feel very old. But then my little boy runs up the stairs all excited to tell me about the latest episode of story book factory, which is his favorite cartoon right now. And I calm down a little, and remind myself that he's still only 4. He won't be 5 until February, and even then he'll only be 5. I still have years of driving him to birthday parties, and soccer games and tee ball. And he still calls me Mommy, and needs me to help him tie his shoes. And I still have work to do, so that when he is a teenager he'll love school and be nice to his sisters, and when he does become a daddy he will be the very best. No, my little boy is not grown yet, and 5 isn't that much older than 4. And Logan is going to LOVE kindergarten. :)

Be Drug Free week

Kati's school did a Be Drug Free spirit week. They had a crazy hair/hat day. Kati wanted crazy hair, which I thought was fun because she usually just wants to wear hats. So she came up with the idea for her hair all by herself. And she looked adorable. :) Then they had silly sock day. And then wear red day. I think she looked so cute in her red outfit. Until this day, she would never wear that jacket, because I bought it without her, but now she loves it. I think it was because her friend told her it was adorable. :)

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins for family night.

Kati picked a cat pattern. She marked it out and did most of the carving by herself. She's very proud. And it turned out very cute. Logan picked a spider pattern, but it was too big for his pumpkin, so Casey recreated it for him. I thought it was an amazing job freehand. Logan tried carving but it was a little too much for him, so he poked the pieces out after his daddy cut them. His spider turned out very cool.