Here are pictures of Shep's first T-Ball practice! He is on the same team with one of his best buddies, Cole. (He and Cole have been friends since birth...they were both born on the same day). They both did a fabulous job today! It was cute to watch!
Thank you, Cody for being the World's Best Daddy...they are so blessed to have you!
We have discovered a fun little tradtion in our neighborhood. After our snack and homework time, we run to the pantry, grab our zip lock baggies and rush outside for our Acorn Hunt! It has turned into a nightly event that lasts for about an hour. The boys try to see who will gather the most acorns and then we come home to count them (sneaking in a little math here...). I just love this one on one time with my boys.
Apparently, Hudson really likes his new teacher! (Thank you, Jesus!) He wanted to give his teacher a gift, so picked out a new book that I had purchased and chose one for her. He then spent the next 30 minutes drawing a pretty picture of her surrounded by flowers inside the jacket cover. I have to say that I was a little jealous. Even though my little man picks me flowers, he has never drawn ME flowers! Wowzah! If you know Hud, you know he does NOT like to color or draw. He has never sat down willingly "just to draw and color". I am already impressed with his teacher if she can make him do this!
I am so proud of Hudson! He got in the car today after school and said that Ms. Horn was so proud of him! I said "Of course she is! What did you do to make her tell you that?". He said that Ms. Horn asked for volunteers to come up at Reading Time and read a book to their friends in class. He brought a book from home, "Fish Gift" and read it outloud to his classmates. Ms. Horn told him that he did a good job. As a Mom (and former Reading Teacher), I was busting every button on my shirt because he was an early reader, starting at the age of 4. Proud of my Baby!
Well, Hudson's 2nd day of school was just as exciting as his first! I recieved a call from the school saying that I needed to come up the school. My heart sank thinking, "Oh my gosh, it is only the 2nd day of school and I am already getting called!" Apparently, Hudson was at recess with his class and his teacher, Ms. Horn told a few of the classmates to take a break and go sit in shade under a tree. A few minutes later, Hudson walked over to his teacher and said, " Ms. Horn, my back is on fire!!". She lifted his shirt to see hundreds of red fire ants crawling all over his back! (He apprantly sat down right in the middle of a huge ant pile). She immediately took off his shirt and dusted him off but it was too late, they had bitten him all over front and back. 
Well after all of the excitement Hudson had yesterday at school in "the kitchen" we had to start his 2nd day of school of right by buying him a "kitchen pass". So, we got up early and got him his very own cafeteria number with an alloted amount of money to buy his lunches. He wanted to know all about "how it worked". So, I stayed with him and showed him where the trays and silverware were located. I then showed him how to go through the lunch line and get your food. Even though he already had breakfast, he had to go through the breakfast line with me to see how it all worked. We meet "Ms. Louise", the lunch lady and he thanked her for the yummy breakfast and then proceeded to checkout with our new ID number. He was so excited! I of course was the big dork Mom with the camera capturing it all on film....it was a momentous occasion, how could I not? It was "The Kitchen", after all!
Hudson is such a riot!...I just love him so much; he cracks me up!Shep and I were so anxious to pick Hud up from his first day of Kindergarten. We waited in the carpool line for 30 minutes and finally the moment arrives, Hudson runs to the car with a huge grin on his face. I am relieved, it looks like he has enjoyed his first day. He gets in the car and I ask him to tell me all about his first day. He says, "Mom, you know what? My school has a KITCHEN!!! Did you know that you can walk through line, tell them what you want, they give you free food and then they tell you to "move on".!" He is just so excited that he can barely contain himself. He then says, "Mom, I don't want you to pack my lunch anymore, ok?"
I proceeded to ask him if he liked his teacher, if he made any friends, what they did in school, at recess, etc...and all of those questions were ignored and each time he repeated by telling me how the kitchen was THE COOLEST thing that happened at school today. Man, had I known that he would have gotten so excited over cafeteria food, Cody and I would have taken him to Luby's a long time ago!
