Field Station Dinosaurs! Awesome Dino Exhibit!

October 2012

Today, we went to Hudson's dream land! We went to Field Station Dinosaurs in Secaucus, NJ. It was such a blast to see your face when we walked in. The animatronic dinosaurs were HUGE. It's truly a fantastic exhibit. We saw so many dinosaurs and a great T Rex feeding show. When you saw T Rex, you got so excited, "T REX!!!!" There were about four T Rex's and you could see the empire state building behind one if them. It was awesome. It was a great pleasure to take my Hudson there!! You truly love dinosaurs and are intrigued and fascinated by them. You know more about dinosaurs than most adults.

ROAR!!

I love you, Mamma

Hudson's Love of Dinosaurs

September 2012

Hudson,

Dinosaurs are your army men. Daddy says that. You can play with them by yourself for hours. Your passion for dinosaurs has now lasted half of your life time and it's important for you to know how into them you have been for over two years now. It's crazy. You can emulate a T Rex better than any human being on the planet. Daddy and I were saying that we actually have never seen any child or anyone emulate one like you. Other people have said this to us as well. You often go into T Rex roaring when you are embarrassed, shy or angry. It can be annoying and I tell you that it's fun to be a dinosaur sometimes, but not all of the time! Some times you will meet someone new and roar and go into T Rex mode. Daddy and are like "Here comes the dinosaur." Then, the person will be like, "Wow, that's actually a really good impression. He actually looks like a T Rex." It's all a little mad, but you are our little T REX!!

When you play with them, you line them up in different ways- sometimes in a perfect circle, sometimes in a line, sometimes you line the meat eaters and the plant eaters up separately. Sometimes you line up all your T Rex's, which you have like 30 of them, against all the dinosaurs. You will thwack them across the room with the T Rex's tail. I helped you build a dinosaur fort with Lincoln logs one day. It was fun.

This passion you have for dinosaurs is kind of amazing and it will almost be sad when it ends, and heck, maybe it won't. You know so many dinosaur names, it's crazy. You will say, "It's a Carnotaurus Mamma- see the horns," or you have called out some books that illustrate the T Rex with three claws. You say, "But it's not a T Rex. It's got three claws and T Rex has two." You remember like everything I have ever read to you. It's crazy! I could go on and on. I'll end with something you said recently. I asked, "Hudson, why do you like dinosaurs so much?" you responded, "Because they are fascinating.". Yes they are. Great answer.

Unbelievable you are. Did I tell you how articulate you are as well? You never cease to amaze me.

I love you my little T Rex,
Mamma

Brothers Hanging

Early September 2012

Henry is about 5/6 weeks old.  Hudson is 4.

Watching you two hang out warms Mommy's heart. Hudson, the little paleontologist, thought his T Rex could keep John Henry company. Hudson also was teaching Henry about dinosaurs. Let me tell you Henry, if anyone can teach you about dinos, Hudson can. Love it!

Stick together like glue- you're brothers.

Xo Mamma

A Look Back - The Huge T Rex

November 22, 2011

Hudson, you are 3.5 years old here.  We went to the Heard Museum in McKinney, Texas to see the dinosaur exhibit.  You loved this gigantic T Rex, of course!  You looked at him and examined him for some time.  Hudson, I am writing this blog entry on July 10, 2012, you are 4 years and 3 months now.  You should know something.  You started loving dinosaurs when you were 2 and you still LOVE them.  It's actually very cool.  You know the names and whether they are herbivores or carnivores, and Hudson, you knew the names a long time ago!!  It's amazing.  "No Mommy, that it is not a T Rex, it is an Allosaurus.  A T Rex has two claws."  You told me there when you were barley 3.  T Rex has always been your favorite, although, you do realize that he is a meat eater and ate the other dinosaurs and so you get that T Rex was mean - that's when you told me that you think you want to hang with the plant eaters now!  Many kids go in and out of phases, but dinosaurs have stuck with you.   You wanted to be a Paleontologist for the last two years.  I think your passion for them is way cool and you are VERY passionate about them!  You have like 50 dinosaurs and I am not kidding.  If you grow out of this phase (which will be sad),  your baby brother can play with all your dino and you can teach him all about them.  That's the only toy you picked out for the last two years.  We could have a dinosaur toy shop.  You can sit and play with them for a long time.  You set up battles and they attack one another.  It's usually T Rex against all the plant eaters.  I love you my little T Rex!  ROAR!!!  xoxo Mamma

I think I want to be with the Herbivores

January 15, 2012

Hudson,

You never cease to amaze me. So, we were driving in the road and we were talking about dinosaurs, and you say to me, "Mamma, I think want to be with the herbivores, the ones that eat plants and that are nice. Like the brachiosaurus" Are you some kind of a genius? It's like talking to an adult, not a 3 year old. You have been obsessed with T Rex for so long and I think you are realizing that since T Rex is a meat eating carnivore, he's not so nice. Man, you are smart!

I love you my little dinosaur, Mamma

Model T Rex!

December 6, 2011



When we were in Oklahoma, Siti bought this Model T Rex for you. Mamma put it together, piece by piece and it wasn't easy actually! We realized afterward, the box said Ages 6+. Anyway, I put it together for you and it was really cool!

I love you my little TREX! ROAR!

Mamma

Dino Exhibit at The Heard Museum in McKinney - ROAR!

November 22, 2011

Show and Tell T Rex...

October 4, 2011

So, this morning, you decided you wanted to take one of your 20 T Rex's to school for show and tell. At Saint Alcuin, you can bring something any day that you want, but you have to be prepared to tell the class about what you are bringing. The class apparently gathers around and you tell them about your item.

So, I told you that you could bring one of your smaller T Rexes to school, but that you had to tell the class about it. So, we got in the car and I said, "Let's practice. What are you going to tell the class about your T Rex?'' You got a huge smile on your face, you liked this and you got it. You are three, let's remember. So, I said, "The T Rex is called the king of all dinosaurs." You said, "yeah Mamma and the T Rex is a carnivore and he is mean." Then, I said, "the T Rex has small arms so he picks things up with his mouth," and you gave me a big smile and started practicing while I drove. So, you are in the back seat saying, 'The T Rex is the king of the dinosaurs, the T Rex is a carnivore, The T Rex has small arms," and I say, "Good Hudson!" You say, "Mamma, don't listen, I am practicing!" So you practice the whole way there.

Wow. you got it. You totally got it. Are you like some kind of savant?? You just get things. Not every 3 year old would just get this. You got that you had to talk in front of your class and tell them about your item and you liked it. Practicing lines like an actor! Maybe you are going to be an actor or a politician, not so sure about the latter, but I would support you! Miss Emily, the teacher's assistant, seems to think you are going to be an actor. You are something else Hudson Squires! Something special. Very very special!!!

P.s. I tried to ask you about T Rex show and tell after school and you said you did it and seemed excited for a second, but you would not tell me much about it and told me to stop talking about it. AUGH! I wish I could be a fly on the wall. I did email your teacher, Ms Barlow, and she wrote, "He did great!"

I love you my T Rex!!!!! xoxoxo

The Year of The T-Rex!

August 22, 2011

Hudson,

When this year passes, Daddy and I will be able to sum it up in two words to describe you - T-REX, aka Tyrannosaurus Rex. Hudson, a metamorphosis has happened within you - you are now a T-Rex and not a human being. Where did my baby go? You can literally emulate this 60 million year old angry fossil to a tee. It's a bit frightening, but also rather funny. You know everything about it. If there is a dinosaur that looks similar to the T Rex, you will explain quite logically, "No Mamma, that is not a T-Rex, it has three claws and T Rex's don't have those spikes there (while pointing to an area on the dino's body)." OK, thank you Hudson for explaining that to me.

When you are acting like T-Rex, you literally put your hands close to your belly, holding them close together, to make them smaller, you put two claws out on each hand and you prance like a T Rex. When you read this as an adult, just watch the T Rex in Jurassic park - you can walk just like that T-Rex! You roar loud and we have to say, "No roaring," half the time - when family comes over or we go to a restaurant. When you get really mad, sad, or upset because you can't have something, you go into T Rex mode. Sometimes you just pull it out randomly around people or kids, with a loud roar, and we are like, "He's in a dinosaur phase, what can we tell you?!"

I am not sure what all this means. The T Rex may be your psuedo-self, or your trapped anger coming out in the form of a roar and T-Rex prance! Whatever it is, you have passion for this dinosaur. You love all dinosaurs and have now for the whole year. The T Rex, though, he is your favorite and you are well aware that he is a meat eater and not the nicest of all dinosaurs.

I love you my T REX! YOU ARE MY T REX!!! xoxoxo Mamma

Fun Facts about T Rex:
-Tyrannosaurus means "tyrant lizard king."
-It was 40 feet long
-It was 15-20 feet high
-It weighed 5-7 tons
-Lived in the late Cretaceous Period - about 85-65 million years ago
-Fossil remains were found in the USA (including Texas), Canada and East Asia
-T Rex's arms were only about 3 feet long
-It was one of the largest carnivores in its environment

ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. ask your Siti about my obsession with The Incredible Hulk when I was younger - how I use to make the face and roar like he did... HA!

p.s.s. For later use - Probably not the most gentlemanly thing to do when trying to ask a girl out- roaring at her... Let's leave the roaring for this toddler phase of your life. HAHAHAHA. I love you!


You can emulate the T Rex to perfection. It's crazy. You walk around like this a lot, even at the beach in Rockaway, NY.