Waterbabies Part 2 and Cookout

The weekend started out with another fun Friday. I just love my Fridays off with Hudson. We started off the day with a really long walk around the neighborhood. I'm thankful that Hudson still likes being pushed around in the stroller. I know these days are probably numbered. We had a few errands to run, but mostly, we just played and played!

He is loving his alphabet train now!


I didn't have the heart to tell him the book was upside down. He was having so much fun "reading" it and turning all the pages!

We had our second Waterbabies class on Saturday and it started out much like the first class...

BUT...it did get better much more quickly this time. Thankfully, we didn't have to dunk him this week. Hudson was taught how to climb out of the pool and of course, that was right up his alley because 1) he loves to climb things, but 2) he wanted the heck of dodge from that pool! Ha! He did enjoy jumping back in the water though. Overall, it was a much better experience than the first week and maybe, just maybe, we are making progress!

This picture below cracks me up. Notice all the other kids are laying in the water doing what they are supposed to and Hudson is pointing to the lights. He is really getting a lot out of Waterbabies! Ha!

He was trying to dunk ME in this picture below! So funny!

Joel smoked a boston butt all afternoon on Saturday on his new green egg that he got for Christmas (yes, he just took it out of the box on Saturday--sad). It was worth the wait though. It tasted so good! Migi and Pops came over and had dinner with us, and so kindly brought Hudson a cupcake. He loved it! I didn't mind the mess one bit. I think he should be spoiled every once in a while! :) Let's just say bathtime occurred about 5 seconds after this picture was taken!

Hudson slept in until 8:30 this morning and we took the opportunity to sleep in as well and skipped out on church. It was so nice to be lazy and with the weather so dreary, it was very relaxing! This afternoon, our Sunday School class had a cookout at a nearby park. It rained most of the afternoon and Joel and I figured that it would be canceled, but never heard anything so we headed out there anyway. It rained for a while, but that didn't stop the kids from getting wet and dirty! Hudson had dirt all over him and was soaking, but enjoyed every second of it.

This picture makes me laugh. He has dirt all over his face, but he didn't care a bit! His hair is crazy from all the rain too! He is the only person I know that humidity does wonders on his hair. It makes the cutest little ringlets!

You can't tell in this picture below, but it is pouring. All the kids wanted to be at the top of the slide. It was so funny because each kid that went down the slide started crying when they got to the bottom of the slide because their back sides were soaking wet! Hudson did not make it down this slide, but he did one on a smaller scale and had a ball!

And my personal favorite from the cookout...

Have a good week!