Thursday, December 25, 2008
Hudson's Bedtime Story
"Once upon a time there was a little boy named Husson. And his mommy and daddy gave him some mashapotatoes. And they were sooooo yummy! But then Pop-Pop came by and took the mashapotatoes away and throwed them in the trash can. And Husson was not very happy...."
Sounds like Santa isn't going to come visit Pop-Pop!
Monday, December 15, 2008
A Vist With Santa
Saturday, October 4, 2008
At the Symphony Hall
Saturday, September 6, 2008
What is your home planet?
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Learning About Mars
The best part of the movie is when, through a combination of live footage and computer animation, they show how the rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral, jettisons its various stages of booster engines, and flies past the moon. The second part shows the landing module entering the Martian atmosphere, deploying the parachute, inflating the air bags and then bouncing across the planet's surface.
Hudson loves these parts. We have to watch it over and over again and he still gives a running commentary of each stage. He also makes sure that either Mommy or Daddy is watching too. He is so excited about it.
The great thing is that he now knows four planets: Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, and now Mars!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Star Wars Midnight Madness
The big hit for him was meeting Boba Fett up close. He was still a little nervous and needed me to hold him, but he always wanted to know where Boba (and Jango) were.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
IndyCar Race
What helped this time was that our friend Carl joined us for the race. While Mommy and Daddy were wearing foam earplugs that he could really see, Mr. Carl had his own earmuffs he uses at the shooting range. So Hudson wanted to be like Mr. Carl and had no trouble wearing them for the whole evening.
The race itself was very fun. He loved seeing the cars go around the track "super fast". We bought him a few die cast Indy cars too, which he kept with him the whole night. He already had a Tony Kanaan car (Mom is a big TK fan, and Dad is too) - the Big Gulp 7-Eleven car. So we bought him Danica Patrick's car and Helio Castroneves car. Of course the one he really wanted was a Target car (his favorite store - for toys!), so we bought him boring ole Scott Dixon.
It turns out that Scott Dixon won the race, for the third time in a row. Also, sadly, we learned later that the IndyCar Racing League would not be returning to Nashville in the future. They have recently merged with the CART league and they had too many tracks for the 2009 schedule. This is really disappointing, but we're so glad we were able to see at least one IndyCar race together at our home track.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Space Adventure Day
We first went to the science museum and Hudson was fascinated by it all. The new space wing was very impressive. They had a display of all the planets, all in proper relative sizes (Saturn and Jupiter were very big!). Daddy pointed to the third planet and told Hudson that was where he lived, that it was the planet called Earth. More on that later...
We then saw the new planetarium and its new show, narrated by none other than Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker). The beginning was a little intense for our little guy, it starts with the death of a star, but the rest of it had kid-friendly animations of a boy and his dog traveling through the history of astronomy. Every time something new would appear on the bowl-shaped screen, Hudson would gasp and say, "Ooooo!".
What truly floored us was when the camera pulled back and showed a blue, green, and whites sphere of our planet, Hudson pointed and said, "Earth! That's Hudson's house!" This after telling him about it once and that almost an hour ago! I think we may have a rocket scientist!
After the show, we left for the movie Wall-E. I won't go into a big review of the movie, but it was fun. Hudson definitely enjoyed it. The day was fun and exhausting!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
The Renaissance Festival
Friday, May 16, 2008
My Little Maestro!
This second clip is of Hudson directing his invisible orchestra to The Imperial March, or Darth Vader's theme. Notice that he even gets the dynamics! He directs his orchestra to play piano or pianissimo (I'm not sure which) toward the end of the clip!
The following clip is the ending of the Star Wars concert. Hudson is such a focused director that he doesn't even wait for the applause before asking, "Now what?" He's already on to the next number!
End of Year Program
Oh and by the way, apparently Hudson thinks it's funny that Mommy dressed up for this occasion. I guess he doesn't ever remember seeing his Mom in a dress, because when I came out of my bedroom wearing a skirt, he stopped in his tracks, pointed a finger at me, and started laughing! He was like, "What. Is. THAT?!" Haha....
As we were driving home last night, Hudson was entertaining us with a singing review of the program. Here are a few clips of what he was singing (it was dark, so you can't see him - just listen). "Oh be careful little hands where you go! Oh be careful little mouth where you go! Oh be careful little feet where you go!" Apparently the "Father soup above" is very concerned with where things go...
Here is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Nana's favorite)....
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
My heart swells with pride!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
My Naked Cowboy
Are these the best "blackmail photos," or what?! HAHA! I love it. My cute little nekkid cowboy!
Last Week of School
Take a look at some of Hudson's artwork from the past year in his Tuesday - Thursday School.