We've Gotta Hot Date

In a couple saturdays from now, Jake and I have a hot date, well to put it more specifically, hot dates...plural. We are heading out on the town with the Moms. Not only do we have a hot date, but great entertainment to boot. The Mom's have great taste in flicks so we're heading to see The Fantastic Mr Fox based on the book by Rhode Dahl here at our independent theatre in SLC.
Here's the trailer for The Fantastic Mr. Fox done by Wes Anderson and starring who?? George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartman, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson. Knock out cast right?

MY FAVES

Drum Roll Please....brrrrrrr...I Samuel Jakob Hodson present to you,
MY FAVES
(as of 1/3/2010 anyway)


Clementines. I can eat 5 at a time...that's 5 whole clementines not slices (5 slices would be for amateurs)

My Dinosaur popup book. I have a lot of popup books but this is the B-E-S-T popup book in the world

The Hungry little catapillar book. I like to find the little egg on the leaf, turn the fruit pages and make the book flap like a butterfly at the very end.

Stuffed Monkeys and Lions and Bears OH MY--

Dancing. I am a dancing machine. When music comes on I just can't help. but. dance. must. dance. must. wiggle. my. body.

The suckers that my mom gives me from time to time that make my Dad just cringe because I'll get dirty and sticky. Really Dad? I'm a toddler. That's my job.

Eating. in fact so much so that when Mom took me to the children's museum out of all the cool things to do there, I wanted to sit at the little table in the play kitchen, pretending to eat food with plastic fork. Best 30 minutes of my time there.

Sesame Street and Elmo. He's such a character but that show is cutting edge (even though some of the segments were from before Mom's time) I heard vintage old-school was the hip new school.

No. I love that word and NOT because my parents say it to me (right mom? right dad?) but I hear them say to the dogs all the time and it's the main word in another favorite book called Find Spot.

Walking like an orangutan is a favorite right now. I'm walking all over the place but it's still secondary to my crawling. I have places to get to people and I'm lightning fast on all fours. When I walk like an orangutan with my arms above my head, it helps me balance and stuff.

Toilets. Aren't they great? I just can't get enough of sticking things in it and it's just the perfect height.

Sweeping. Still can't figure out why this isn't a fave for Mom but I could sweep all day.

Dave Matheson at church. He's just this great bear of a man, that I can climb on, glasses I can pull at and he smells just like a adopted church Grandpa should.

I think that's it for now...oh WAIT!!! My ball popping toy, I almost forgot! How could I forget that toy?! I love to stick the balls in the vent that makes them pop up and out of a tube. And then (wait there's more) I figured out how to make toilet paper get sucked in and shoot out the top. So funny.

**Mom's Note: Here's the pick from Sam waking up on his own at exactly 11:57pm New Year's Eve. The boy, just like his Mom, doesn't want to miss out on a thing!


Here's some other pics from Christmas and such:

This is a Song About Elmo

Love this video--it has Sam's favorite, Elmo, and my favorite, Adam Sandler. Watch Elmo's dancing. When it gets to the chorus he really breaks it down. Just to let you know...it's a catchy little tune that can get easily stuck in your head.

Smells Like Toddler Spirit - Jump On the Toddler Train!

14 months and growing. Yep, our little man is moving into Toddlerville on a one-way train. First stop? Tantrum Trail. What you'll find here is a boy that can go from laughing to bawling in one second flat, throwing himself on the ground face down kicking his legs. This destination might seem a tad early given it's listed later on our Toddler Tour but folks...we took a detour. On your left you'll find Prayeree Holmes. A nice little family with a boy that has learned when he hears the word "Food" or sees "Food" he folds his arms to pray and gets excited for the part where we say, "Amen!" Lovely little stop right? Speaking of right, on your right you'll see all sorts of lights, shiny things, trees, dogs, birds, the sun, the moon, pop-up books, blocks, stuffed animals,magnets,Christmas trees, Sesame street, cousins, friends and cats. If you pay attention you'll hear "Oooh!" and "Oh!" That's right, we've arrived at the stop called The Wonderment of a Toddler where everything is exciting and new. This is my favorite stop personally because it's loaded with everything and anything we've all grown accustomed to over the course of our lives but get to experience it again, for the first time, thanks to a toddler! Last stop is Dadville where everyday is a fun day whenever Dad is home! Sam prefers to throw his arms around Dad's neck wrap them tight like this, grab his cheeks and give him what? A great. Big. Kiss. {Whistle Blows} Thanks for riding the toddler train--until next time :)

Samuel-Son

Our little family has been doing "themed" halloween costumes since Jake and I were in our first month of Dating. First we were Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, then when we had Sam he went as an Acorn, I was Mother Nature and Jake was an Oak Tree, this year though, topped them all. We went as Mr. Myagi, Johnny and Daniel-son, I mean Samuel-Son. I have more pictures to upload but here's a teaser. Jake was Johnny so that left me to be Mr. Myiagi. Sam was pretty upset when I transformed wondering who this old man was that took over his mom!

Dad Tried to Sell Me

Dad put an ad up on KSL. Just click on it to make it bigger. Yep, he really DID write this. Yep, he really DID do this.

I'm A Travelin' Man and One Growin' Dude

So I guess I'm sort of a travelin' man, a world traveler of sorts. In the past few weeks I've been to all sorts of homes, playing with all sorts of people. Mom and Dad were out gallivanting to some places called California, India and Pennsylvania. Probably not nearly as cool or fun as my Grandma's and Grandpa's, Aunt's and Uncles and Cousins. I did such fun things with all of them but as we all know, fun things eventually come to an end.

When Mom and Dad got home from India I was so excited that I started to laugh and then cried a bit then just hugged Mom then Dad then Mom then Dad...World traveling isn't an easy thing to do so I think I'll put my travels aside for a bit. We all will.

I'm growing so quick! I am a pro at stairs going up and down and I'm pretty close to walking. I can scoot around all sorts of furniture and I'm starting to get my courage up to take some steps. My WWF cousin, Peter, keeps me on my toes and moving quick to get out of the way of his rear reverse choke hold.

I talk all the time. I say "whoa", "buh-bye", "hi", "boon" (short for balloon), "mama","dada" and "meow" when mom asks me what a kitty cat says.


Swimming is the best now. I love it. Going under water is a piece o' cake. No biggie. I can float on my back and look up at my mom's eyes for 3 seconds! I LOVE to have my mom pull me off the slide and help me swim under water.


When I see anything with a decline, I do a major prep half-circle approach to turn around and go backwards. I even did this on the sandy beach when I saw a hill. I also go through all doors backwards. Mom just laughs.

I'm a PB&J guy.

I'm a daddies boy. He's one heck of a guy.

When my girl cousins dress me up like their doll, Dad doesn't like that. Mom tells him to get used to it.

I give out free unsolicited hugs about every five minutes--if you need a hug, come on over.

I went to California for Thanksgiving and I wondered why we didn't just move there already. Life's a beach.

I've jumped up another diaper size. I've now passed my 2 1/2 year old friend Van and joined my cousins size five diaper club.

I have the best little girlfriend ever, Elsie. Now that I don't scare her to death, we have some fun times at the pool and playing together.

Speaking of friends, I LOVE my stuffed animals. They are the best-friends a boy could have.

I think that's it for now.

--Bye--