Goats, Goats and more Goats

Angela here!  The past week has been much better for Hudson and not nearly as traumatic.  Still a tad dramatic, but hey, that's just what our son does.  Monster Mash was "decent" for the Hudman.  We started off with the petting zoo where he thought the goats were dogs.  He tried to kiss them and stick his face through the gate.  Then he got nervous when one goat got really close and wanted food.  Thankfully Lolly stepped in to supervise.

Then we visited the cops and the firemen.  He was not sure about sitting in the police car....

Or riding the special train....

Luckily, cousin Anderson was very supportive and kept his arm around him the entire time.  Sooo adorable!  Everyone laughed (including strangers) as poor Huddy bawled his eyes out for the longest 45 seconds of his life.  But unlike the haircut, he recovered quickly from this traumatic experience.

We then tried to do a family photo.  Obviously from the pictures below, we were unsuccessful.  All the kiddos are on the move and can never sit still.  Notice cousin Anderson trying to pull baby Claire back in.  He is the older cousin that has the duty of keeping the family together.....

The best I could get.

On Sunday, the cousins went to the zoo.  There was a trick-or-treating event where the kiddos could dress up.  Anderson gladly wore his devil costume.  Hudson is still not sure about his costume, so we decided to save that drama for actual Halloween day.  The below pic is the boys watching a flamingo squawk.  Hudson was not impressed; Anderson clearly thought the bird was too loud.

Then we went for the goats again.  Hudson was still convinced they are large dogs.  So he did what he always does to poor Penny Lane...he went up to each and every goat and gave them a big hug.  He likes to give an "ahhh" when he gives his hugs.  Both Chris and I do a big "ahhh" anytime we see Hudson do something sweet or cute.  Clearly we are teaching him to be over-to-top and dramatic and I think it is backfiring in some cases.  But this time it was super cute!

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Countdown for Halloween is on!!!  Happy Wednesday everyone!