Dad's Tricky

Porter has had two wiggly bottom teeth for quite some time. I kept encouraging him to pull those babies out, but he did not have much desire to lose his precious pearlies. I could see the new teeth were growing in behind them - and getting pushed on weird, they were overdue to come out. So this past Sunday we were just finishing up with dinner and Peter had Porter on his lap inspecting those shark teeth. Peter pushed his finger against one of those wiggly teeth, it popped out into Port's mouth, he freaked, and spit it out! Peter snatched that tooth mid-air - like it was all some clever choreography! The whole thing made Port go a little ballistic, however we were able to convince him it would be a good feeling to get that other tooth out! With a little kleenex and a little tug - he had both teeth out in the same night!

Way to go Port! The Tooth Fairy is going to love those!

Snow......men?

We got a bit of snow last weekend and the kiddos had tons of fun playing in it. Peter even got caught up in the excitement so he, Port, and Kenna built this huge snowman. It wasn't complete until they made a Porter sized version - and they very fittingly named the two snow buddies "SnoPeter" and "SnoPorter" (Kenna came in after the big guy was complete, and my two "snow men" kept on a goin!) Gotta love it!

Grandpa turned 60!

About 2 weeks ago Papa Liddell turned 60! Krissy had the psychedelic idea to throw a "sixties" party for Grandpa, and a surprise party at that. To make things even more trippy Robin and her kids drove over for the big party to add to the surprise! Needless to say he was shocked and it was a great time. I think "costume of the night" award goes to Eric who came dressed to a T - Trish altered some sweet brown cords into bell bottoms, he had an orange flowery silky button up shirt, peace necklace, Lennon glasses, moustache, and short permed wig. Unfortunately I didn't get a good pic of him in full garb - so these are a couple good ones I did get.

We're glad you had such an awesome birthday Grandpa - you are truly one cool dude.

The Pajama Puppy Party

This year the girls had a joint birthday party! Charley's birthday is on Dec. 15th and Makenna's is on January 4th - and with all we had going on this year with the recital, traveling to Bellingham for Christmas, and just being crazy busy . . . we thought this would work super! Ever since August when we were together in Bellingham for the Hatch Family Reunion and threw a "puppy party" for cousin Emmerson's birthday, Charley hasn't stopped talking about it. Makenna was a good sport and went along with the idea for their joint party. Charley wanted to add a little twist to the idea and make it a pajama puppy party - I loved it! This fun event included everyone coming dressed in their pajamas, we made "real" puppy ears for all, we had puppy face painting,they got to decorate their own puppy collar, puppy paw nail painting for the girls and the boys came up with their own idea: they colored their palms with markers to look like dog paws! We had a puppy relay race - the two teams had to get all their dog bones from one dog bowl to the other - even Grandma joined in! The best thing about the whole party was how much all the kids got into character. For much of the night they were down on all fours, chasing each other, barking, and hiding under the kitchen table which was the dog house! We ended the evening of course with gifts, puppy cake, and everyone got to take home a "doggie bag" - full of trinkets and treats! We love you Makenna and Charley and hope you have many fun memories of your puppy party and turning 4 and 9 - can't believe you're getting so old! What would that make you in dog years?!