Out of the mouth of Hudson

We had another banner day together. Daddy is at work, but today was my last weekday of summer. School starts Tuesday.

We went to town to run errands and then played at the park. The kids were so good! Then afterwards we went to the grocery store...as we were leaving the kids were getting hungry and a bit cranky. I was trying to push a large cart of food outside to the car, Hudson was helping and Josh was lagging behind.

I turned and said, "Josh, hurry up and stay with mama"
Hudson stopped dead in his tracks in the middle of the parking lot and shouted to Josh, "Brother, come here right now! You know that mama melts in the sun"

There were several people within earshot who just died laughing.

County Fair

We had so much fun! It was free entry for the afternoon and there were really no other kids b/c school has started most other places! :)
the kids just loved the bouncy castle. Although Josh just liked the look of it.


The Kids just loved the cars. We went on this ride several times. They were the only ones on the ride everytime we went.










The fire dept also gave us lots of attention. They just loved to watch them get up for posed pictures. :)











We alaos just loved the snowcones and treat! (Who doesn't??)













Finally, to cap off a great day. We went to the happy meal house. The kids just loved it and were so happy. (despite the fact that there was no nap going on) As you can also see, Hud was batman! That was fun. Josh wanted nothing to do with face painting, but brother loved every moment!

End of summer. What a bummer. We go back to school soon. I am happy that my classroom is ready though.

Tree nut allergy

What a bummer! Please be careful what you feed your kids. We had no idea that Hud was allergic to walnuts. He ate a cookie that had walnuts in it and in about 10 minutes started itching, then his eye swelled shut and the other one looked nearly as bad. He was itching his legs and complaining they were hot.

We gave him benadryl, we didn't have children's (lesson learned there) so we had to half the adult version. He's okay and didn't require any shots, but the swelling to his face was there for several days.

He was finally looking better today when he was stung by a bee. We were worried b/c he'd just had a reaction to the nut. His hand was swollen pretty good, but that was about it. Thank goodness. :)

He had an appointment next month to get tested for other allergies.

Combine riding

what a bummer I don't have a picture of this. Hud got to go out on the combine with uncle while he was cutting our family's wheat (my mom's side) He had such a great time! I thought he'd only ride for a round or two, but 2 1/2 hours later he wasn't ready to come in. He only got off when the combine needed to go in for servicing.

I, on the other hand, had a horrible time getting him there. I met my aunt at the field entrance, which was just powered dirt, then was stupid and wore flip flops to take him to the combine. It really hurts to walk in a field of wheat stubble in flip flops. ARG!

First swimming lesson

After 10 years of teaching swim lessons...I am ashamed to say that my son didn't do so hot on his first day. This was him and his friend about 1/2 way through the lesson. I didn't get a picture of him not going near the water or of him telling the teacher , "I'm just too shy today"
Here is his teacher offering a kickboard ride...he considers it.
AND Finally gets in the water with about 3 minutes left in the lesson

After the lesson, the teacher stayed and played with him in the water. This is Uncle Kurt's idea of having him go off the diving board. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go, but after he went he definately wanted to do it again.

Wheat Truck Rides with Dad!

Hudson is ready to go! He was lucky enough to have his turn meet during lunch time. I packed him his own lunch...just like the harvest crew!
Dad's wheat truck! (full)

Hudson and Dad leaving for more wheat.

Whew! The boys had a fantastic day riding in the wheat truck with dad. There's only one other seat so I was making trips back and forth to the elevator to meet dad and trade kids.

Josh is ready to get in the truck!

Dad and kid dumping wheat at the elevator, ready to go out and get more!

All finished riding for the day! What a bunch of cuties. :)

First ice cream cone!

This was so funny! I let the kids have their first ice cream cone. (Skinny Cow low fat stuff, they thought it was great!) I figured it was bath night anyways, so I just let em' try it all for themselves. Josh had the most fun!

The aftermath for Josh...

I tried to tell him what would happen if he ate the bottom of the cone first...he was really upset that his ice cream was leaving the cone!

We are back!

The boys are being good in this photo! I always have fun trying to get them to hold still/smile/not yell at eachother!

We have had such a busy summer. Clint is in harvest now and works from sun up to sun down...really..quite literally! We miss seeing him, but it'll only last for a few more days.

Here is my new knitted that that I made. I made Aggie colors for this one. It's a faux old time football style. It's so cute! Josh liked wearing it and was a very willing model. :)