firetruck

This is what mommy can get done when Hudson takes an hour and half nap!

Hudson's cousin Garret just turned 3 and I made him this for his birthday. The party's on Sunday so don't ruin the surprise!!!

Garret is OBSESSED with firefighters. He goes to the fire station several times a week (as often as they will take him anyways). He knows all the firefighters, knows all about the trucks - what they're called, how to turn them on, turn the lights and sirens on, how to make the garage doors on the fire station go up and down. He even has his own fireman outfit which looks just like a real one.

So we got a new vaccum cleaner last week and the box was perfect for making a firetruck out of. Then the more I got into it the more elaborate the whole thing became. I used my old vaccum cleaner for the fire hose and stuck the attachments in the back of the truck too. Then I got really crazy and took the whole vaccum apart and took the motor out - so now the vaccum canister is a fire hydrant! Garret is going to love it. He has quite the imagination so I think he'll just jump in and start playing!

Station #37 is the one he goes to all the time so I had to make his truck #37 too!

This is the vaccum canister that will be the fire hydrant. That way he can take the hose out of the truck and put it in the vaccum - just like a real fire hydrant. My only concern is going to be whether he tries to put water inside the canister. But his mom will have to deal with that! :)

too sweet

We went to the Shocker volleyball game last night and Hudson didn't like it too much. Too many people and the music and crowd was WAY too loud for him. Everytime the music came on or the crowd cheered he would jump and start to cry. We didn't stay for the whole game, but while we were there Garret was trying to comfort him and make him feel better. He even shared his firetrucks with him, till Hudson put it in his mouth. Garret didn't like that and said Hudson had to wait and borrow his trucks on Sunday. (Garret is learning his days of the week so now when you ask him when we can do something - he always tells you a day of the week!) This was Garret comforting Hudson when he got upset. Did it all on his own - how sweet is that?

cousins

Garret came over last night and played with Hudson. He wanted to read books to him - it was really cute. Hudson hardly took his eyes off of him all night - just taking in everything he did. Garret wanted Hudson to sit on the floor with him to read the books - just like they do at school. Garret was the teacher and Hudson was the student.

At one point he was reading Hudson an animal book and he said "Dogs say woof, woof." Evidently Hudson wasn't learning quick enough so he reached over and grabbed Hudson's cheeks and helped him say "Woof, Woof".