Hudson's 6th Bday

my attempt at camo cupcakes for his class

i let Hudson decorate his cake this year :)

me and my army guys

Hudson turned 6 on March 27th which is hard to believe!  He has already lost 2 teeth and is getting tall.  He wanted an army party this year and we had a great time planning for it.  We had it at the park across from his school and the boys had a blast.  They each got plastic camo hats, a dog tag, face painted and a party favor bag with an army guy, grenade water balloons and camo pencils.  At the park, the boys did target practice, an obstacle course and then a true battle.  Ben, his dad, and one of the boys older brother each had Nerf guns.  The kids had to hide and then after I counted to 10 they had to come out of hiding and try not to get hit with a "bullet".  Everyone had a blast!  To see more pics go to our Picasa site: picasaweb.google.com/brothermclain

Colson's 1st Bday

Snowman cake, mini snowman men, snowflake cookies, and snowmen ornaments

loving his cake!

Time has truly flown by with Colson.  It seems just like yesterday when he was an infant.  He is a pure delight and seems to be a mix of Hudson and Landon.  He is determined and passionate like Hudson and a jokester like Landon.  Of course, he is FULL of energy.  I apparently don't have calm, laid back kids :)  He keeps us on our toes constantly.  He loves to open every cabinet in the house, climb on absolutely anything and be all boy.  The boys are enjoying him more now that he is a toddler and can play with them.   He also loves music, just like big brother Hudson.  The minute he hears music he starts dancing and he has some crazy moves. :)  

Since his bday is in January, we did a snowman theme.  I had so much fun making the cake and the mini snowmen.  The snowmen idea came from a blog called The IdeaRoom(http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/12/powdered-donut-snowmen.html), but I changed it up a bit.  I used 3 powdered donuts, mini choc chips for the buttons and eyes, candy corn for the nose, snowflake ribbon for the scarf and a fudge graham with oreo on top for the top hat.

To see all of the pics from his bday go to our Picasa Web site: picasaweb.google.com/brothermclain

New Year Campfire

Aunt Beth and Colson

big boys roasting marshmallows for smores

Hudson singing his "Champions" song

We had a great holiday with Ben's family at our house.  Beth was able to stay into the New Year which was great fun and a big help!  My mom got Ben a fire pit for Christmas and we have loved using it.  On New Year's day we started the fire and made smores.  Hudson brought his guitar outside and was singing praise songs at the top of his lungs. :) He wrote a song called "Champions" and the chorus says, "we are champions for the Lord, we are champions in life, we are champions"