First day of school!

I picked out a green polo for him to wear today, but he deemed it too long and requested a Spongebob shirt. Its his day, so that's what he has on! And that's also why he went to school with pickles, mini muffins (substituted for his requested mini cupcakes) and chips as part of his lunch! :)

He was very quiet and stoic at the bus stop. This was the only time he cracked a smile!

This is how he stood the whole time at the bus stop! He was definitely a little nervous. But, he was acting like a big boy by answering people's questions and he got on the bus without any problems.

Here he is in line to get on the bus. I sure hope I was smiling at him! I can't remember. Too busy trying to document it for posterity!

And he's off to the exciting world of Kindergarten! Yeah!

Meet the teacher!

Hello all,

Today was meet the teacher at Donovan's school. He loved his classroom and seemed to like his teacher. He was pretty shy with her, but played well with a few of the kids in his class. He did not want to leave! I think he's going to be super excited come Monday! Here's some pics of our day!

This morning, there was a neighborhood gathering so the kindergarteners could practice getting on and off a school bus! The bus driver drove them around the parking lot. When Donovan got off he proclaimed the whole thing "BORING"!

After the bus, the neighborhood kids played a name game.

First picture of Donovan at his desk in his new classroom!

A look from behind so you can check out his nametag.

This is the view from Donovan's desk. Donovan and Christopher are kind of in the way, but you can see that somehow the teacher already knew that he need to be right by her desk so she can keep an eye on him! :)

More dog tricks!

Just call us Dog whisperers!

We (mainly Christopher) have taught the dog to sorta almost kinda ROLL OVER! Exciting stuff! Check out video!

Best pics!

This picture was added as a special request from Christopher due to a certain someone being totally distracted by the pretty ladies! :) That's me, Nickolas, Donovan, Kenna, Kylie, Lisa and half of Cindy (oops!) at lunch in Chicago!

Kenna and Nickolas at Navy Pier in Chicago

D rode his bike up to our mailboxes to mail a letter to himself! :)
This picture says it all. It was taken during the performance of Snow White.

Grandpa Freddie and Nickolas

Nickolas and D at a car show in Conroe, TX

Click slideshow in upper right corner to see more pics!

End of summer is here!!

Hey Everyone,

Wow, time flies when you are having fun, huh? I cannot believe that summer is over already! The Porters definitely lived it up this summer. We had trips (NC, MI and IL) and lots of good times (museums, swimming, camps (kids) and much more)!

Nickolas went back to CA last Friday (aug. 14). Check out my youtube channel at www.youtube.com/nealtami44 so you can see one of his accomplishments.....diving into the swimming pool's deep end! At the beginning of the summer, he was not comfortable in any water that he couldn't stand in. So he has come a long way!! He did pretty good socially this summer as he played alot with his neighborhood friends Austin, Dionte and Marshall! At the beginning of this month, we also celebrated his early 12th birthday along with Christopher's early (by 2 days) 36th birthday!

Donovan had a great summer as well. His biggest achievement was being in his first play (at the end of the Bridgeland drama camp that he did with his brother). Too bad that he had his arms crossed and was frowning for much of it. :) But he was there! He also completed his Headstart to reading class. He has a good base of sight words to begin kindergarten with!

Can you belive he is starting Kindergarten on Monday (aug. 24)? I can't! We are excited and ready. I say we because we all know that its a bigger deal for parents than the kids! I will be sure to post his first day of school photo as well as pics from the Meet the Teacher day this Friday.

I don't have much to report new for me as I was primarily a taxi driver, but Christopher had a good couple of months workwise. Seems to me that he's been in a good writing and getting papers out mode which makes him (and me) very happy!
Hope you all are well, Love you, Tamiko