Matthew - 6 years old

My first baby boy through the years. 6 years of help, rowdy wrestling, fun facts and sweet laughs from the boy who first called me mom . Love you more than all the Star Wars Legos in the world, Matthew! (And that's a lot around here)

Last of being Five! 

Star Wars Lego presents 

His picks for today included a trip to Pie Five where he ate a whole pizza on his own...

As well as Lego Movie and time spent on his new creation. 

The following Saturday, he had a Star Wars Jedi training party. 

Matthew - 5 1/2

5 1/2 years old for my strong , brave , fun and smart first born. I learn so much from him every day!

Matthew- 5 years old

We spent over a week celebrating our incredible 5 year old! The weekend before Billy's parents came in from NM to take Matthew fishing. That was his biggest request for his birthday. I'm very honored to have married in to a family who would drive 8 hours each way to make memories and be an active part of my children's lives. 

On his actual birthday, which was a Tuesday we decorated his door, gave him a present from us and asked what he wanted to do that day. He chose videos . We watched several long ones that day.

The weekend after his birthday, we had my side of the family over. Matthew got to chose 5 friends ( one for every year) to come celebrate with him. 

Pinata

First and second cousins came to have Toy Story fun :-)

Matthew: 4 years old

These are pictures from Matthew's small birthday celebration back in November. Due to ongoing tiredness, we kept it to our church small group who have boys around Matthew's age.  Yes, I'm behind still on the blog. Yes, I plan on catching up. Between settling in to the new house, two active boys, being a wife, having some semblance of a social and spiritual life and carrying our third child, life has been busy.

I did want to celebrate in a theme that was particular to his current interests and super heroes are big to him. If a character wears a cape, he's in. Larryboy from Veggie Tales, COTU from Auto be Good, Wyatt from Super Why and Batman are among his top favorites.  We've been talking quite a bit about what makes them super is that they help other people, defend the weak and are kind. There is so much faith building material in this stage, I'm loving the lessons to pass on.

Matthew is a leader at home and also one of the most cautious kiddos I've ever met. He's careful, precise, eager to excel, please and be right. He's also quite a follower with stronger willed kids. He has a beautifully sensitive heart with a precious smile and introverted spirit that is thoughtful and quiet at times. Like all children, he's more diverse, complex and unique than any one description, label or title. He's an incredible human being and I'm honored to be his mother.

craft table

City scene

Super hero training

daddy's having some fun

capes to go home with

food

games

Our birthday boy, LOVE him!

 

Matthew : 3 1/2

Oh my, Matthew is a full fledged preschooler. I'm thankful to be there everyday for his conversation, questions and insights from my strong, independent little boy.  Here are my favorite pictures over the last 6 months of Matthew.

We've been talking, reading and watching videos about sharing God's love with others. He now asks if daddy is helping people and talking about Jesus at work.
He does mad spoon faces from Lord of the Beans regularly.
He will play game after game of hide and go seek.
There was no adjustment at all to our move last month. He refers to our temporary apartment this summer as a 'nice warm house' several times a week.
He's energetic, helpful, sensitive, strong, helpful, fun, silly and quiet. I love all the sides of my amazing first born son.
He's in size 4t clothes and 8 shoes.