Aquariums and Super Bowl Celebrations!!

Angela here!  Hudson has had some fun couple days lately.  We start with a new church the family has discovered.  It's a little more hip and young and closer to home.  The kids seem to enjoy it as well.  Hudson has not had a breakdown (yet) and I have not been paged from the sanctuary to retrieve him out the nursery.  We usually do brunch or lunch afterwards, which is where the boys really shine!  Chipotle was the place this time.  We will probably not be invited back for awhile....

 Hudson had a play date at the Newport Aquarium, which he LOVED!!  Well....he didn't really love the kids he was with, but he loved all the sea creatures.  Everything was an "awww" or "ooohhh" as he ran around the place like a mad child.   Out of all the children, I definitely have the loudest, most energetic one.  The child could not be contained!

We first stopped at my girlfriend Bonnie's house.  Hudson loves his Baby Charlotte almost as much as he loves his cousin Claire.  He would grab her paci and put it back in her mouth.  Such a good helper!  Then he would continue to "rock" Charlotte's car seat to calm her down.  Notice the blurry picture below.  He doesn't understand the word 'gentle' yet, but it's the thought that counts, right?

My girlfriends learned a lot about Hudson on this trip to the aquarium.  They learned that my son is a bully.  Yes, I said it.  A BULLY!  He was nice to the girls but somewhat of a twit to the boys.  He would push Stella then hug her and say "I'm sorry" (*insert baby lisp).  As a mom, that's a win!  I mean, what a perfect child to acknowledge his fault and then hug-it-out.  But then he would push Greyson, and then push him again, and then run up to a stranger and push that boy too.  He only went into timeout three times during this two hour visit.  Being a good parent and all, I feel like I have to blame these actions on someone or something.  Every mama deems her child perfect, right?  So I'm blaming these outbursts on daycare.  He was recently moved up to the big-kid classroom where they sleep on cots and eat at tables.  He is now the youngest in his class again.  So obviously the big kids are teaching Huddy all these terrible things like hitting and biting.  Or maybe I was just blessed with the terrible-twos starting early.  Probably a little bit of both.

 All that hitting really wore him out....

After the aquarium, we had to stop by Lolly's house for some quality cousin time...and more pushing.  All the kids wanted the best seat in the house...which is always Lolly's lap.  Hudson has no qualms about bulldozing over his cousins to get to his Lolly.  But Miss Claire has found her voice and strength ever since turning one.  She quickly straight-armed Huddy and regulated the situation!  One smart little girl.  And then Hudson was in time-out two more times before the day ended.

To end on a good note, we mustn't forget the Patriot's football victory this past weekend!  Woop woop!  Hudson was so into the game that he had to read all his truck books.  But not for too long though.  Chris had to make sure he continued to teach his son how to yell at the TV.

 Get ready for the Super Bowwwwwwllllllll!  Go Patriots!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!