más de tres buenos amigos

rub a dub dub....

freeze frame!

Merry Christmas from Ben!

15 seconds

we play a lot of noodle soccer around here...

a short story....

"Yes Ben,.....that's cat poo....."


"Eewwww........."


"I think I'm ready to go wash my hands now..."

ben visits the REAL santa claus...

happy, mad, curious george...

things that are fun

wow! ben's on the tube

gosh darnit that static electricity...

my future is brighter

ben's big weekend

Mimi's office party......Halloween party at Ben's old school......Trick or Treats......Jack's birthday party.......The Race for the Cure. WHEW!!!!

preparations continue

ben's big weekend

friday night: fall fest at his school




saturday: his friend ethan's bday party



by the way, ben got 2 holes in one. beginners luck?

sunday: a trip to the xmas tree farm
thank you, mimi & gp

really fun day @ the park

dinos from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

thank you mimi and GP!!

gettin' in the spirit...

ben's 1st pet (for about 15 sec)

'tis the season

...if only the weather actually matched the scene...

ben's 1st triathlon...

triathlon from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

put me in coach

put me in coach from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

the potty training is going well....

Dinosaurs!

ee ee i o

eeio from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

at the pool

men at work

Ben likes to be involved in everything we do

Oh My!...

Nana has bugs at her house....

4th

ben enjoys the neighborhood 4th of july parade with mommy, mimi and nana...

Benisms - a new feature of cute quotes

Setting: trying to leave the Westover club swimming pool...Ben takes time to check each chair on the way, sometimes going 5 feet out of the way so as not to miss one.

Mommy: Come on Ben, just go this way. Wow, you are like the Family Circus cartoon.
Ben: Mommy, I'm not a cartoon, I'm just a boy, outside.

Ben also experienced a new milestone, his first really unhealthy meal. We took him to Gatti's for pizza and macaroni and cheese, but the cinnamon bread "was good for me, It makes my tummy feel better."

then....And Now!

Then... and Now! from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

yes, he really is bigger than life...

interesting

this is a "monster" ben drew on his doodle pad a few weeks ago....


this is the garage floor last night with a shadow created by the handle on his little radio flyer tricycle and some stains on the concrete....

you never know these days

what you might find when you open the dirty clothes hamper. let's hope this new hobby isn't leveraged to other less benign household receptacles which could be rendered useless and expensive to repair should they become, ahem, non-functioning.

one day, ben will lead his own grand funk railroad tribute band...

Singing from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

ben got his first real guitar compliments of mimi and uncle herman

Hey! Look At Me!

Trampin' from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

keepin' cool.....

finally, it begins...

after a long two year wait i'm finally getting some work out of him. he was eager to wash daddy's truck. soon he'll be mowing, pruning, watering, cleaning the gutters, repairing, de-clogging, painting, clipping, planting, de-bugging, raking and bagging. and just maybe, if we're in this house long enough he may want to try his hand at belly crawling through the attic insulation and rat droppings to clean the bird nests out of the attic vents.

Diaperzan

Diaperzan from Hudson Family on Vimeo.

Ben drew a "monster"

Little Helper

It's been a dry spring so Ben pitches in with the watering...

Easter @ The Ranch

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Easter @ The Ranch

1st professional haircut...

Flippin' Out

Fish in Kelp

This is Ben's first drawing where he actually named what he was drawing, in this case a fish. To our excitement, you can actually recognize a fish in the drawing. We started making big plans...until I saw his frog.

First Fizz

Ben's first taste of a carbonated beverage - in this case a highly carbonated organic apple cider.

Ben's Second Birthday

A dozen pics...

Ben's Second Birthday