Hudson's First Hair Cut

My very dear friend was really sweet and offered to give Hudson a well needed hair cut - he was looking a little shaggy. While this was his first hair cut it was also his first lollipop. She set him all up and then he got a lollipop in which he put in his mouth and then literally did not move an inch afterwards.... for a really, really long time. He was hypnotized by the sugar - just still as could be. It was funny!

Anyhow, here he is - his first little hair cut. Now he is all trimmed up, not long shaggy bits... just a handsome little guy!

Building Trains

This weekend Holly and Bryan broke out the wooden train set and created a large train. Holly adores playing with trains, creating new track sets and then changing them up -- Bryan too! So, this was right up their alley. They had a great time!

Coloring Fun

Hudson enjoyed his first attempt at coloring... and he enjoyed it, crayon & all!

Really, he did enjoy marking the paper up with colors. He'd smile like crazy when he did it, watch with complete interest as the crayon left a trail and then pull up the crayon and just stare at it. It was great to watch and he had fun for a bit. His new found artwork is proudly hanging in the kitchen next to Holly's!

Beignets

On Tuesday we had an impromptu idea to honor Mardi Gras & Fat Tuesday -- we enjoyed beignets!!! After dinner we broke out our Cafe Du Monde beignet mix and rolled out some dough. Then we fried up the little beignets and coated them in powdered sugar.... oh so yummy!

Dinosaur Days @ The Burke

This is our second year attending Dinosaur Days at the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus. Once again it was well worth it!

Holly loves all things dinosaurs and this event is right up her alley. They do such a fantastic job with this Dinosaur Days. She enjoyed checking out the main exhibit, several fossils, trying her hand at cracking open fossils, the dino draw, a dino dig and playing with friends in dino costume pieces. It was a really good time and she found some new things of interest to her.

Homeschool Blog

Just in case you are ever interested in reading on our homeschooling - here is a link to my other blog: http://ourcreativeday.blogspot.com/ I often get questions about homeschooling and what we do, so this little blog offers me a place to share a bit of what we do. Enjoy!

PBS - Young Authors Workshop

This past weekend I took Holly to a Young Authors Workshop at the PBS studios. She is planning to enter their young authors contest this year and has been creating a book idea in her head. Well, they were offering a free workshop for children in Kindergarten through Third Grade on how to incorporate art and characters into your stories.

This workshop was GREAT!

They had a host from Live Paint! out of Seattle who worked the kids through numerous story telling activities in which she was fantastic! She got the kids up and participating in very creative and silly ways. To finish the kids all created a mask of a character they shared about.

This workshop was amazing and we are so glad that we went, Holly had a great time and is feeling very inspired for her story now. Great Job PBS!