Remember December - Porter turns nine

On December 19th, 2010 Porter had a birthday. He is now nine.

 

Is it any wonder why I love this kid to the moon and back?

London was as excited as Porter to receive Legos (one of his most favorite things) from Grandma and Grandpa Reynolds. Look at Ellie's hair, oh, I really liked that short cut.

Porter was lucky enough to have Aunt Arlissa visiting over his birthday from Jerusalem (where she is working for the next year or so). Aunt Arlissa explains that the coin she's holding is made out of metal from a real space ship that went to the moon. Porter has a fervent fascination with space and treasures this keepsake. 

Grandma and Grandpa love their "Lollypop" and she loves them. Such a lucky birthday boy. He even managed to go through the whole day without any birthday spankings. 

Daisy admires Porter's new Neil Armstrong poster from Aunt Arlissa.

Porter's birthday shared the date with the annual Rollins' Family Musical so Nana and Papa Richards brought a special gift for the birthday boy when we gathered. 

What could it be?

It's Papa's microscope! Porter wanted this so badly, he had been asking Nana for it but Nana kept telling him "maybe". How come with Nanas "maybe" always means "yes"?

"Yesss!" - Porter

Port asked for his favorite Ding Dong cake again (it's my favorite too). Our large family choir sang Happy Birthday To You and Porter blew out the #9 candle. 

This was a highlight of the Musical for me. Here is London with her two cousins, Daniel and Ogden, singing Up On The Rooftops. They had learned this song in their preschool class together and it was as perfect as it could be from the mouths of three four year-olds. 

Merry Christmas!