Halloween 2011 - ROAR!!

October 31, 2011

Hudson,

Could you have been anything else but a T-Rex this Halloween? Absolutely not! This is the year of the T-Rex after all. You are the best T-Rex I have seen. You can emulate one to a tee, even your teacher said so. It is kind of crazy, but very cool how passionate you are about the T-Rex and dinosaurs in general. You are a passionate person and it is an awesome trait! Your Lebanese side is FULL OF PASSION, to say the least! When you love something you go all the way.

We had a fun Halloween. We started at a fall festival in University Park. You played games and got candy every time you won, which you dug. Then, we met the Morgan/Seabury clan for trick or treating. You, Henry and Oliver had a ball. You, of course, led the way, and at one point, you told Daddy that you liked to be in front. Boy oh boy, you are definitely a driver and a leader and you always will be. I clearly see this and it is a great thing. You ran up to those houses, "Trick or Treat!" Candy was involved and you were loving it. All kids love candy, but you really LOVE candy Hudson. We may have a problem. You could eat it all day! Remember, candy doesn't help you grow or make you smarter. It can, however, give you lots of cavities. I know all about cavities! Mamma loves candy and sweets too.

I had so much fun watching you. This is such a fun age for Halloween. You are so sweet and Innocent and it's just a joy to see you smile and have so much fun!!!

Happy Halloween my T-Rex boy! ROAR!! xoxoxo I love you, Mamma




Aunt Stephie, Kennedy and Kade sent that t-shirt to you. It says "Take me to your candy." So apropo!


Oliver (4), Hudson (3), Henry (7) - Oliver was Batman and Henry was Harry Potter


Mamma and Hudson trick or treating at a spooky house! You were fascinated with the smoke and skeletons.


This was your very first play group from when you were a baby. We have an annual Halloween party. You all have lined up on that same wall and taken that same picture every Halloween. It's so sweet! We don't see them as much anymore, but we still have this annual picture. They will always be near and dear to our hearts. From left to right - Jackson, Cort, Stella, John, Charlie, Hudson and Katelyn

Jackie the Happy Jack-O'-Lantern

October 17, 2011

Mamma made her first ever Jack O-Lantern with you today! I think I did a pretty darn good job if I say so myself. It was so fun. I drew 2 different faces on a sheet of paper. One had a face with a jagged smile and one had a smoothe smile. You said, the one with the jagged smile looked sad and that you wanted the jack o lantern to be happy, so that's the face I carved. For my baby. We named him Jackie. You really like him and you were so excited when we put the candle in him. You said, "Mommy, he is a Jack-O'-Lantern because he has a face. Those are pumpkins because they don't have faces," pointing to our other pumpkins. By the way, you did not like the gutting of the pumpkin and you thought the stuff inside was gross, "OOOO gross Mommy!" So, you didn't help me clean it out. (It's OK to get dirty and messy my baby. Life is messy).

I love you my little jack o lantern! I do it all for you - just to see your beautiful smile.

xoxo

Pumpkin Patch at The Dallas Arboretum

October 5, 2011

Our Pirate Ship for Halloween

October 1, 2011

Hudson,

So, October is here. Halloween decorations, pumpkins, witches, and all that. You get so excited when you see Halloween decorations, "Mamma, look, Halloween decorations (yes, you say decorations)!!!" Here in Highland park, Texas, people are very festive. Many houses out these giant Halloween blow ups in their yard. You want to go by them everyday. "Mamma, can we go see my Pumpkins, hoses and cats?" So, we walk or drive by them and you have to go up and touch them. This one house has a giant, and I mean giant (as tall as the house, no joke) black cat blow up and also a pirate boat with skeleton faced pirates. This other house has a horse and pumpkin carriage blow up (also huge) with blow up spiders and ghosts." As they say, everything is bigger in Texas (no joke). When we first moved here, honestly, I thought it was a bit tacky and never thought I would have one.... HOWEVER, then my sweet baby, Hudson came into out lives and everything changed.

Daddy was set on getting you lots of Halloeen decorations and a big blow up pirate ship. We went to a couple of places, but they didn't have an. Then, we found out that Lowe's had some and you and Daddy went together to buy the blow up. Daddy said you saw it and went crazy. "I want that one Daddy. That one!" So, $15o later, the Halloween blow up stands in our yard. You are so excited about it. Daddy was so excited too. He went a long way to make you happy and make our house festive. He loves you so much!

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I love you my festive boy, Mamma

Ahoy Thar Matey! 2-6-11

Hudson,

We went to Anna Melihercik's 3rd birthday party today. You were precious! The theme was "pirates and princesses." I was not sure if you would dress up, but you were totally into it. You put on an eye patch, a pirates hat and a vest. You had a great time and walked around with your sword, showing off your cool outfit. Lately, you have been more into dressing up. This has changed as time's gone by. When you were younger, you did not want to wear hats and sunglasses, now you do. Also, just this October, you would not put your Halloween outfit on for your school Halloween party. You were the only one without a costume on. You threw a fit the morning before school and you would not put it on for anything. You wanted to be obstinate, which is common - your obstinance. You did finally wear your costume for trick or treating that night and you had a blast! You were a rock star (of course) and you can read all about this in a hand written journal that I wrote for you from 2009 to 2010.

Anyhow, you are into pirates. We play pirates at the park and you think it is a blast. We pretend the jungle gym is a ship and the sand is the sea. You are the captain of the ship (of course) and I am the second mate. We fight other pirates with fake swords (sticks) and we dig up treasure before the other pirates can find it. You say, "Let's bury the treasure," and we'll take it on the ship and hide it. The treasure is a pile of wood chips. One day I just started pretending I was a pirate and I did not know that you would be that into it - but you were. You played right along. We say things like, "Argggg," and "Ahoy thar matey." You are precious!

We've also read "How I Became a Pirate" for a long time now. We have read it over and over. It is about a little boy, Jeremy Jacob, who leaves his family for the day to become a pirate. Here is the amazing part - there is always something amazing that you do Hudson. This book is for older children. There are a long paragraphs and big words. You have memorized some of the lines and know the story well. You are not even 3. In the beginning, the pirates sing, "Hey ho, blow the man down." You were singing that part after the first few times we read it. Then, one day in the car, you kept saying, 'No, this is North Beach," and I was trying to make out what you were saying, and I finally got it. I could not believe it! This was like a year ago. You were so young! You had gotten that line from the book when the head pirate comes up to Jeremy Jacob and says, "Ahor thar matey, be this the Spanish main," and Jeremy says, "No, this is North Beach." Amazing you are Hudson Squires!

I love you my little pirate.... Mamma