Hudson's Birthday

Hudson turned 6! He's still the cutest little guy. People tell me all the time that he cracks them up. His teacher at school loves him and his creativity. He talks like a little adult and uses the biggest words all the time. He's seriously such a joy! He still has a temper- he's just a deep feeler! High highs and low lows. Overall he's doing so much better about all that!

For his special day we had blueberry muffins at breakfast and opened presents. I took him to lunch at McDonalds (he had a great time, as did Davis). After school we had a little friend party. He wanted a Star Wars theme (shocker...) and asked that we serve vanilla ice cream. We played a few games, had ice cream sundaes, opened presents and let the kids play. They all had a great time!

At 6 years old:

• He's 43 pounds (49th percentile) and 48 inches (90th percentile). That puts his BMI in the 10th percentile. He's long and lean!
• Loves all things Star Wars. He checks Star Wars books out of the library. He plays with light sabers all day. He builds Star Wars stuff with legos. He watches Star Wars shows during quiet time. He's obsessed. 
• He's the best kid at "quiet time". He loves to go down to the basement and will play by himself down there for HOURS. He loves to pretend and build with legos. I don't think he's ever bored in his head.

•  He's doing so well in kindergarten. He's the very top student in his class and has worked really hard to learn to read so well. His spelling is my favorite!
• We have a serious lack of little boys his age in our neighborhood. He doesn't let that bother him! He happily plays with the girls his age, with Chase and his friends, with several kids who are a year or two younger than him. I love that he isn't limited in who he'll be friends with.
• He's not a big eater. He still loves blueberries, certain kinds of yogurt, pizza, buttermilk waffles, toast with jam, and tomato soup. In fact, tomato soup and cheese toasties was his requested dinner meal.

•  He desperately wants to lose a tooth- he doesn't even have one loose one.
• He's had a bunch of ear infections this winter- in fact he spent most of the month of January with one! His early January infection likely never cleared and 20 days later I took him to his well-child check only to find out that both ears were super infected! Poor kiddo had been suffering for weeks!
• He got to have a special birthday date with each set of grandparents for his big day and he loved it! He loved having their whole attention for an afternoon and getting to pick where they ate lunch.

 Ben and I love this kid so much! He's the perfect middle child. He keeps life exciting all the time and makes us laugh every single day. He gives the sweetest hugs and kisses and is so sweet to his brothers. Happy Birthday Huds! Six years of you has been amazing!