My little Nose Pickers :)

One of Hudson's favorite things to do these days is...pick his nose. I guess I wouldn't really call it "picking" because he actually just likes to stick his finger in his nose. The more I tell him to take it out and stop, or the louder I react (usually by laughing or telling him yucky & gross) the further he shoves his finger up his nose. He thinks it's hilarious!

He's even tried one-upping himself by throwing a second finger in the mix. I tell him, "Hudson, that's so YUCKY." And he replies back to me," No Mom, izzzz YUMMMMEEEE."

The other day he was calling me from his highchair for about 5 mins. while I was down the hall getting the kids ready and off to school. All I could hear was, "Mom look, Mom a funny. Mom look, a nose. A funny." So when I walked into the kitchen this is what he wanted to show me.

Again, he thought he was hilarious.

Immediately this picture I had received in an email a few years back, flashed through my head. Not so funny Hudson, Owieeeee!

Hudson's favorite time to stick his finger in his nose is when I get the camera out to take a picture. This pic is from a recent family vacation. Right before I snapped the shot there were no fingers in the nose. But, he's a quick one! He did it just for my picture.

Also on our trip, I tried taking a picture of him doing really silly things with his knees and feet, but when he saw the camera he stopped immediately and...

you guessed it. Did this! 

(We may be skipping family pictures this year)

I know exactly who to blame for this "finger in the nose" obsession...

His dad, Dan the "Nose Picker" Ostler.

 

I don't know if Hudson has actually ever seen his dad stick his finger up his nose, but it definitely runs in the genes.

In about 50% of Dan's pictures his finger is in his nose. I don't really know how it all began. It could have been his strong dislike for taking pictures, I think he actually thought that sticking his finger up his nose would ruin the picture and therefore not be used, but when he does that in all of them you end up having to keep a few. (Or hundreds) 

Maybe it's just something that has been past down from generation to generation in his family. Here's Uncle Mike and Uncle Scott teaching him the ropes.

And so the corruption begins.

Weddings weren't special enough to break away from tradition.

This habit continued on through his mission...

and then on into married life. Still picking away.

Dan likes to mix things up, and gets a little festive during the holidays.

"Well", you say, "surely those are all old pics. Certainly Dan has matured by now and changed his ways." 

OH NO!! This picture was taken last week while testing my camera out in our home office. "Pose for me", I asked him......And, here is what I got. 

So, from 1976-2009, Not a whole lot has changed. Therefore, I submit to all... My son is doomed for life to be a nose picker. It is most certainly in his genes. :(

(No boogers were eaten or harmed in the making of this blog post)