Candy Withdrawals

This big boy started preschool and hasn't looked back. LIVES for his preschool days. I started him in preschool because I know how he craves friends. It really is so cute how much he loves his friends. Nursery has always been a favorite part of his week. Now, life just got that much better buddy!
"What did you do during preschool today, Hudson???"
"Oh, just played with my friends. I love my friends."
Yes, it is totally worth the 25 minute drive each way. Plus, it has been some great Bri-Mommy bonding time:)

We took family pictures basically on the prettiest day of the season. It was balmy and colorful. No one had chattering teeth and blue lips. No major thawing ritual was required afterward. So refreshing! A much different story from last year's unbearable temperatures. Not even joking, two days later, this place froze over and all the colors vanished. We are glad we got some family photos in while we could still have some skin showing... without getting frostbite. Where do we live?

For Halloween, Brielle was the cutest elephant you will ever see in your lifetime. She has the whole snort with the trunk thing down too. AHHH! She is sooo much better than a doll! She wasn't loving the ear paraphernalia so Daddy had to pose her ears for her.  We ended up making a haul as we went trick-or-treating in a neighboring city's downtown shopping center earlier on in the day. Thankfully, there really wasn't much pressure for the performance of the children later that evening. 

Later that night, when we went out trick-or-treating in the crazy cold temperatures (and hit probably 5 houses before losing function of our limbs) we bundled the kids in layers upon layers to last as long as possible. Bri looked much more the part a little stuffed. She insisted upon holding Hudson's flag in her pictures though. Gosh, she knows how to get her way! I guess she is somewhat of a patriot.

This is our Halloween star! Hudson has been all about Halloween this year. The second we could put up decorations and get into the spirit of it all, he was hooked. He was our pumpkin scout. Everytime we would be out we would hear a common dialogue, "A pumpkin, Mom!!! It's Halloween, a little bit, right?! Oh, and another one, Mom!!!" Each time getting a little louder and a little more excited!!!! SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!
He could not wait to be an astronaut. Something so adorable is that when we were getting ready for the ward party, he said, "But Mom, wait, where's my flag???" We didn't have a flag or talk about a flag up to this point. Where he remember this detail from, I am still unsure, but HECK YES! We will make you a flag son! Gotta be the part! Look at that smile!:)
We read scary book after scary book and flooded him with Halloween spirit so that when we finally took down the decorations, he was completely distraught. He still asks about when Halloween will be back.
Didn't totally fall in love the same way with Thanksgiving, but did end up getting the gist of the pilgrims and turkey business.

These two made quite a haul with these buckets. Made their parents right proud:) Turns out that kids are very aware of the sound of candy wrappers. Hudson will come running in whenever he suspects the sound.
"MOM, I HAVE TO HAVE SOME TANDY!"
You don't understand. He isn't lying. He really does HAVE to. If half of your DNA was comprised of sugar molecules, you would have withdrawals too. Thanks Dad:)