Our New Date Night

Saturday we had an exciting (parent's term for eating at a kid-friendly restaurant and hanging out in a public place where he can run around) night out.  We ate at California Pizza Kitchen and Hudson really enjoyed watching the "Fire" in the wood-burning pizza oven.  Then we met Kathy and sweet baby Owen to listen to a band that was playing outside at the mall.  As you can see in the video,  Hudson had a great time watching the kids and showing off some dance moves.  I don't think I would have ever run into a crowd of kids and danced at his age.  We might have a little performer on our hands.

 I tried to get a few pictures of Owen and Hudson together but Hudson was not really too fond of sitting in one place.  Little Owen was an angel all night and gave the sweetest smiles.  

 Hudson's favorite dog Roscoe, "Astoe" as Hudson likes to call him spent the weekend with us.  Hudson was so excited to see him when he got up in the morning.

Playing in the back yard with dad. Hudson is attempting to get Zach to bring him to the neighbor's inflatable pool that looks like a dragon.  Very tempting.

 Hudson got two new toys from Nana and Papa for Easter.  A picnic table and a sand and water table.  As you can see we decided to try dried beans instead of sand first.  His favorite thing to do so far is to shovel the beans into the water container.  When we went out there today we noticed that some of the beans are sprouting.  Hmm...maybe we will just have to get some sand.

Sweaty happy baby playing outside

"Cookie"

Hudson's favorite word right now is "Cookie" and when he says it, it sounds a lot like Cookie Monster.  Luckily, Cookie can mean really any sweet treat I give him that is small and crunchy so he doesn't always get the good stuff.  I try to sneak in the healthier ones if I can.  His favorite are vanilla wafers and graham crackers.

We have really been working on saying "Please" when he asks for something or says "more" and as you can see in the video he has it down pat.  He actually is so good at it that it is really hard to say no.  Now whenever he wants a snack he goes in the kitchen and points at the box or container that he wants and says,  "Peas Peas!" Looking sweet the whole time.  Last night when we were in the grocery store right before dinner time he basically spent the whole time in the cart pointing at everything we would pass in the aisle saying, "Peas..Peas...peas!!!"  Guess he was hungry.  The woman checking us out totally fell for his sweet begging and insisted that I let him have a graham cracker and even handed him the box out of the bag!  Tough life...

Easter 2012

Even though he didn't get to sit with the Easter Bunny or get any real candy in his eggs this year I think he had a pretty exciting Easter weekend.

 Here are a few more pictures from his Easter egg hunt at school on Thursday.  You can see that none of his classmates have their baskets at this point.  The balls were way more exciting.  

 Not sure who won this battle.

 We took Hudson to the mall on Saturday morning for an easter egg hunt and to see the Easter Bunny.  Zach and I both agreed with Hudson that the Easter Bunny at the mall was a little creepy so we didn't force him to sit on his lap this year.  He had fun watching all of the kids running around at the mall.  The highlight of the trip was when Hudson started running after this elderly lady screaming "Vacuum! Vacuum!" If you didn't know, Hudson is a little obsessed with the vacuum cleaner and this little old lady was pulling her portable oxygen tank behind her that look suspiciously like a vacuum cleaner.  It had a handle, a canister, and two wheels.  Zach had to do some quick distraction to get him to leave the lady alone.

 It was about nap time.

 We went to Grandma's house for Easter morning and this is what the Easter Bunny left for Hudson to wake up to on Easter morning.   There is a cute video of him seeing his Easter surprise below.

 Since he can't have candy, all of the eggs were filled with puffs.  He was so happy about that.

 "I think I'll have just one more."

 snacking

 We went to church and Hudson made it through most of the service but I had to take him outside to play once he started yelling "Cookie" during the quiet moments in the service.  He did entertain the ladies behind us during the hymns.

 Doesn't he look so cute in his seersucker jacket?  Zach was not a fan. :)

 My long (blonde) haired baby!

 This is a tiny glimpse of his really angry face that he is starting to give.  He is serious about getting out of this chair and getting the jacket off.

 Easter Egg hunt in the yard.  He ended up putting rocks in his basket instead of eggs.  Typical.

 Easter Jello Jigglers for an Easter treat.

 He loved them.  Might have to figure out a way to hide vegetables in them next time.

 Not a fan of the bunny ears...

 Then we went to the playground with Scott and Aunt Bec Bec.  

 He went down the BIG slide with Aunt Bec Bec twice and loved it!

 Then we enjoyed the evening outside playing with sidewalk chalk.

 His favorite thing to do outside is to look for airplanes and birds.

 Love those chunky thighs in a onesie. :)

Can't believe he is so big.

Hudson seeing his Easter basket on Sunday morning.

Hudson's First Easter Egg Hunt

Hudson went to his first Easter egg hunt at school on Thursday.  They had to move it into the gym because the ground was wet outside so Hudson just thought it was playtime in the gym.  They invited the parents to come watch and take pictures.  They did the hunt with the one year-old and two year-old classrooms together.  The two year-olds totally knew what was going on but the cute one year-olds just thought the eggs were for throwing.  Hudson and his little classmates were quickly distracted by the bucket full of basket balls and decided those were more fun.  Please excuse my annoying voice in the video but I was trying my best to help him figure it out.  It was hard keeping up with him so there are lots of shots of the floor. He looked like he had fun anyway!

Distraction from the egg hunt

They were so cute just waiting to get into the gym.  They knew that there was something fun in there but not exactly sure what.  They just all ran in screaming and running in different directions.