Happy Birthday Hudson

Hudson had a terrific 6th birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza on September 13th (the Saturday before his birthday on the 16th). He invited six friends: our twin 6 year-old neighbor girls Kaitlyn and Lauren; James, Bryce, and Sydney (friends from his current kindergarden class); and J.J. a friend from his pre-K class last year. Also there were his proud parents, Grandma and Papa Gray, Aunt Kerry, and his brothers. They had a great time playing games and eating pizza and cookie-cake.


Kaitlyn, Hudson, and Lauren


Bryce, Hudson, and Sydney


J.J. and Hudson


Hudson and James


Our serious 6 year old

Hudson was selected as one of two student council representatives for his kindergarten class. Putting aside the fact that it's a bit silly to have kindergardners as student council representatives, it was funny to see how seriously he took his duties. He came home from school the day after his first meeting bearing the paper on which he took notes. Written on the page were three neatly printed phrases:
"Mix it up"
"Canned food drive"
"Responsibility"


Landon the Entertainer
Landon continues to be our charmer. He's been coming up with new dances to do and enjoys having his new job of the big brother while Hudson is at school. He's memorized a couple of memory verses in the past two weeks and is showing he's more than just a pretty face.



Keaton the strong-hearted
Keaton continues to show he'll take a back seat to no one in this family. He's become quite forceful in expressing his opinions through pointing and sound-effects. He impressed Grandma by sitting down in front or her new 5-piece curler set in five interlocking different-sized pieces and assembling them without error. His favorite thing lately is brushing his teeth. He keeps running into his bathroom, climbing up on his stool, and getting out his toothbrush and toothpaste to run around the house with, scrubbing his six teeth.




Visitors
We had special visitors from Michigan the week of Hudson's birthday: Papa and Grandma Gray. They stayed with us in the casita and we all loved having them around, especially their spoiled grandchildren!