Hudson is FIVE!

Birth Day March 14, 2007

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It is so hard to believe our first baby boy is FIVE and heading off to Kindergarten in the fall! We love this little guy so much. It is so fun watching him grow up. His little brain amazes us each day with how much he remembers and how quickly he can figure things out. He gets so excited when he problem solves on his own and is very independent. He is especially good with computers and phones and is constantly showing us things we didn't know about our our devices.

Despite his independence, he still loves to be close and will always come crawl on your lap if we are watching TV. He still likes to be laid with until he falls asleep, which is usually during the first song of bedtime music on his CD player. On many nights we find him at the bottom of our bed when we wake up.

He is a total type A personality and we have no idea where he gets that from ;). He loves making lists, crossing things off and lately has a calendar and checks it every morning to see what is on the schedule and how many days/months till the next big event.

We had a wonderful parent teacher conference with his awesome preschool teacher last month. He has made leaps with his social skills since the fall and we are so proud. She had a very detailed kindergarten readiness assessment and Hudson was at or above each category. He writing has improved so much over the past few months as he works on going from only uppercase to now writing his name and other common words in lowercase as well. He loves to copy words and often would rather write than draw a picture. Although he does draw some very cute pictures of his family! He is starting to read some sight words and also starting some basic math. But what made us most proud at his conference was how is teacher raved about what a good "friend" he is in the class. Hudson is a peer model in a special needs preschool and she said he shows so much empathy and is always the first to help a child when they need it. There is a friend named Mary in the class who has Down's Syndrome and they are great buds. Mary won't do anything without Hudson and they often work through Hudson to get Mary to accomplish new skills which is so awesome.

Hudson is a great big brother to Jack and always teaching him new things and helping him. The other day when Jack skinned his knee outside he was the first to help him get a rag and some bandaids. He loves making him laugh and playing with him.

March 14th, 2012

What is your name? Hudson Walter

How old are you? 5 now!

What is your favorite color? Orange

Who is your best friend? Stephanie from school

What is your favorite animal? Giraffe

What do you want to be when you grow-up? a car driver

What is your favorite TV show? Max and Ruby

What is your favorite book? Clifford

What is your favorite restaurant? The bowl restaurant (Mongolian BBQ)

What is your favorite Movie? Toy Story

What makes you happy? when Jack laughs when I tickle him

What makes you sad? spiders

What is your favorite food to eat? cheese dip

What is your favorite song to sing?  You Might Think (from Cars 2)

What are your favorite toys to play with? All my Cars 2 cars

What games do you like to play? Toy Story Yahtzee, Candyland

Happy 5th birthday, Hudson Andrew!