Matthew's 5th Birthday

Matthew had a birthday! It was a great day for him, complete with a trip to the fire museum and playing with Legos.

With his gifts. He received a couple Lego sets, a rocket and a fireman outfit. He really wanted the "Happy Birthday" Mickey balloon--he'd seen it when we got U's birthday balloons and knew that was the one he must have for his birthday.

Legos!

The face says it all! He loves his Lego fire station.

Studying the possibilities....

Police officer Matthew.

Officer Matthew arresting Me.

Matthew with the Easter egg he wanted to save until his birthday. He even shared the jelly beans.

With his ice cream cake.

(It was my first attempt at an ice cream roll. It turned out so so which is why he got his own special cake with the piece that broke off the roll.)

Make a wish! It took him a lot of blows to get those candles out.

With the rescue hero set put together.

Matthew with his fire station.

Jumping to shoot off the rocket.

Matthew is such a happy kid and has such interesting insights. He enjoys making jokes and reading stories. He loves to be a helper. In fact, as I was typing this, I discovered that the keyboard tray was loose on the computer desk. He happily got his screwdriver and tightened the screws. His current career choice is street sweeper.

Here are a few Matthew stories from the past few months:

-While we were visiting Sister Thomas (a friend at church), Matthew came over all wide-eyed to inform me that the Thomas' cats were magical. Wow! When asked how they were magical, he told me that if you pet them one way, they were one color, but if you pet them the other way, they were a different color.

-Not long after that visit, Matthew asked, "Mom, do the Thomas' cats kill people or do they just climb trees?" {no idea where that one came from.....}

-Matthew believes robbers are everywhere. He talks about them as if they are as prevalent as firemen and construction workers. Once, he drew pictures to give to his friends and to robbers. He gave the ones for the robbers to U for him to give to the robbers at work. {I did have a coworker who robbed banks on the side, so that may be the basis for thinking robbers are at daddy's work....}

-When we asked Matthew what his favorite scripture story was, he said it was when Jesus came to the Americas. We mentioned about how He had blessed the children and Matthew replied, "No! He didn't bless the children! He turned them into sheep!" When asked for more information, he explained that Jesus turned them into sheep and that He is their shepherd. He also said that adults can be shepherds, too, to help Jesus.

-Matthew really wanted Santa Claus to come to his birthday party. In fact, he planned on getting up on Christmas Eve to see Santa so that he could invite him. Alas, he slept through Santa's visit (but don't worry--Santa is still on the guest list for the party!).