Today was all of our first day back to school. Overall it was a great day! Wright loves his new teacher (and I do too). She is British and just so sweet, always calling him "dahling". Most of his friends from last year are not in his class, but a few of his friends from the summer are, so he felt very comfortable. One of his buddies' parents went to college with me and his mom was president of my sorority. So funny how things turn out like that. The best part is that his room is right by the bathroom, so when I take my kids for bathroom breaks, I can peek in on him. One time they were reviewing colors, and he was shouting out all the answers. One time they were reading a story, and he was listening intently right up front. And one time I saw him walking around with his hand down his pants - gross! ;) Spencer had a great day too from what I could tell. He only took a short morning nap, but that is no different than at home :) The timing worked out well for me too because they both eat their lunch before we leave around 12:30 and when we get home, its time for long naps! I am looking forward to a great year!
I think this is probably the best picture I have ever gotten of Wright, and Spencer is smiling to boot.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Back to School
Cousins!
We had a great time with Kim's kids in town. Here is a pic of the 7 cousins - ALL boys! Getting Wright to smile is virtually impossible...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Wright's Prayer for Daddy
Brendan is in Las Vegas this weekend on his annual guys' fantasy football draft, golf, college buddies get-together trip. We took him to the airport Thursday morning and when he got out of the car, I said "Ok let's say a prayer for Daddy." and I started to pray. Wright quickly interrupted me and said, "No! No! I want to pray for Daddy by myself!" (everything is BY MYSELF these days ;) So, he proceeded in a mumbling voice...
Dear God, thank you for Daddy, help him be good, help him be safe, help him be better. AMEN!
I was very impressed at how well he nailed the prayer and especially loved the "help him be better" part considering these trips in the past have yielded mistakes such as lost wallets, no sleep and other not-so-great choices :)
On a related topic, the other day we were driving and passed a bad car wreck where an SUV was upside down and people were crawling out the windows. It really freaked me out and I said, "Buddy we need to pray for these people right now, ok?" and I started to pray for them out loud. When I was done, Wright said "Um, I already do that every night!" LOL - guess we need to work on the fact that prayer can and should be any time of day.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
The Wiggles
Wright has had probably the best week of his life so far. His cousins from Atlanta have been in town so he has gotten to spend tons of time with all the big kids. We have done one fun activity after another including swimming at Melanie's house, swimming at Brookhollow, going to the water park, eating lunch and dinner out, etc. It has been a whirlwind thus far and we have a whole week to go...
Friday night, Kim, Brendan and I took Wright, Cannon and Porter to the Wiggles concert and all the kids had a blast! Wright was a bit star struck the first half and kept yelling (literally) at Brendan and me when we would try to sing and dance with him. The second half he went out and danced in the aisle with a little girl his age who was wearing a Wags the Dog hat. After he met her, he got really into it and danced and sang the rest of the time.
He had to have a souvenier of his favorite band.
The three boys before the show.
Wright kept asking when it was going to start.
This is Wright being very serious at the beginning.
Captain Feathersword came right by our seat to say hi.
Wright dancing with his new friends.
Taking a break from dancing...
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Quote of the Day
Wright to Spencer "Now remember, all these toys are MINE" - while playing with Spencer's new toy and taking it from him. We might just be headed for trouble...
Cool Tricks
When we were at dinner the other night, all of a sudden Brendan's mom says "Oh look at Wright, he has his spoon balanced on his nose!" Funny kid! We have no idea where he came up with this idea or how he learned to do it - but here he is. No hands!
Spencer has been working on his own cool tricks. He can now hold his bottle on his own and take it out of his mouth then put it back in. I love this, especially since he tends to jack around with his bottle a lot. He also started talking up a storm this weekend. Its constant "Da Da, Ga Ga" and an occassional "Maaaaaaaaa", mostly when he is crying. Isn't it funny how that works ;)
Great Grandparents' 70th Wedding Anniversary!
We went to Midland this weekend to celebrate Brendan's grandparents' 70th wedding anniversary! Isn't that incredible! They planned the whole party to the tee including a patriotic theme, prayers they wrote, singing Old McDonald and America together, and watching a movie that Paul (B's grandfather) made in 1953 of their travels. It was really cool and could not have gone more smoothly.
Side note - these are the grandparents that we named both our children after. Hudson is their last name (Wright's middle name) and Austin is great grandfather's middle name (and Spencer's middle name).
The guests of honor.
The entire Hudson/Morris clan.
The grandparents, their only daugther and their three grandchildren.
Will cooked the breakfast with the help of Mark.
Spencer met his great grandmother for the first time and as if on cue, gave her a huge smile!
Seagrove - Other Favorites
Love this but know it won't last much longer :)
All three kiddos in their Seaside shirts reading before bed.
Postcard worthy for sure.
We attempted to get a great family pic. This one was the best with the ocean in the background but it was foggy :(
Wright and Lanie getting ready for the photos.
Spencer even got a bite.
And jumping in yelling "cannonball" even though he wasn't doing an actual cannonball.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Seagrove - Night Time Activities
My favorite thing we did at night was go into Seaside for the concert in the park (imagine Arboretum Cool Thursdays on steroids). They had this awesome band from New Orleans and people just brought blankets, food, drinks and hung out. The kids got to run all around and Wright loved dancing to the music. When the music was too loud for Lanie, he just started dancing with older girls that he did not know. He is very much his father's child! We let Spencer and Wright stay up until past 9pm. It was great fun!
Brendan and Wright taking a break from dancing.
Casey and the three kids! Spencer loved sitting in Mr. Casey's lap.
One of Wright's stellar dance moves.
Dancing with Lanie.
Watching the concert.
We had dinner and ice cream in Seaside one night and let the kids run around.
Oh how they wish this was real.
Waiting for ice cream.
Brendan kept letting Wright taste his adult beverages. He would say "What!? Its vacation."
We went to Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin one night. They had a ton of kid activities and we ate dinner at a seafood dive on the bay with live music. It was so fun besides the fact that it felt like it was about 1000 degrees.
