Catching Up

Summer is gone, and now autumn is almost over as well. Looks like it's time for another update. One of these days, I'll become a blogging queen with new posts every week, but for now, you get a Burt Family marathon full of the last two months of fun. You'll want to click on the October link in the right-hand column to make sure you see all 5 of our new entries.

This is the only picture I've got from the last two months with all three of us in it, so I thought it was as good as any to welcome you back to the Burt Family Blog.

For anyone interested, this was taken at the Living Planet Aquarium in Salt Lake. I liked the squid, Andy liked the sea monkeys (brine shrimp), and Porter liked them all, repeating "Fiiiiiiiiish" over and over again.

Rough Housing

This one's pretty self-explanatory: Andy has taught Porter how to wrestle his stuffed animals. It was bear's turn tonight.

Along with wrestling, Porter also likes to "golf" by hitting a plastic bat (thank you Uncle Chris & Aunt Lori) into any small toy that's lying around. Also, he's just recently learned how to kick, and now runs back and forth between our living room and kitchen chasing-more-than-kicking a ball until he gets so dizzy or tired that he either falls on top of the ball or finds a "pil-ya" (pillow) for a rest.

Porter also loves dressing up in anything that isn't: a) his, or b) clothing.

Here he is in my pink headband,

The hat is his "ful-u-fly" catching net from his Elefun game,

And here he is in Andy's jacket.

And the fun doesn't stop there. Dinner time becomes more exciting (read: messy) every night. Porter's latest trick is to ask for both milk and water at dinner. Once both cups are filled and on the table, he builds towers with them, yells "top", and then knocks them over. He also likes to hold his empty plate in front of his face to hide from Andy and I.

Coloring

For the last few months, Porter has thrown a fit every time either Andy or I writes with a ballpoint pen. He grabs at your arm and whines "cu-loooor" over and over again until you finally cave. I'd been telling Andy it was time to introduce Porter to crayons for some real coloring, but not wanting to deal with the mess, he was fairly resistant. In all fairness, I did throw in finger paints every time I rallied for crayons, so I may have been overshooting the target. Anyhow, Andy finally caved, and Porter's new favorite past time (Besides talking to the ground and dancing) is coloring. Here are a few pics from his first date with Crayolas. "Ti-N-gles" are his favorite thing to draw, although they're just the two-sided version.