Dino Safari at The Bronx Zoo

July 30, 2013

We went to the Bronx zoo today and there was a special dinosaur exhibit. It was fun!  The lines were long,  but we made it. Hudson, you were super cute with your friends.  You still love dinosaurs!  Still!!  how many years is it now?   are you going to be a paleontologist?

Hudson you are very into animals and want to look in every glass window at the zoo.  We went to the Tiger exhibit and found out there were only 5000 wild tigers left in the world.  I explained to you what a poacher was and you got a very mad, and said "If I see one kill a tiger,  I'm going to kick their butt!"  You do not like to hear or see animals getting hurt.  You told us in Colorado that if you saw a bear you wanted a tranquilizer gun so that you could shoot him and he would be ok-  he would just sleep while you got away.  You have a beautiful and intelligent heart my love.

Nick (5) & Hudson (5) - both went to preschool together at First Church in OG

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

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

Bailey's Sweet Present to Hudson

July 5, 2012

Hudson, 

Bailey sent you the sweetest card and book today.  She is writing now and I am so proud of my precious niece!  Her handwriting is so good!  She is truly such a sweet girl with such a sweet demeanor.  You all will always be first cousins and always have one another.  That is a blessing!