Matthew turned six years old on Valentine’s day! This day was huge for him because not only was it his birthday but it was his first school Valentine’s party. I was lucky enough to help out for the party and it was great fun to see him in his school element. His teacher has been out a lot of the year on maternity leave but she came back the middle of January so it was nice to chat with her. She gushed over Matthew! She said he ALWAYS does exactly what he is suppose to be doing and never gets in trouble! What? My child?? Mmmmm….
The picture on the top left is of Matthew with his bff Jack, the bottom left is of all his classmates passing out their Valentines to each other, the middle picture is of Matthew and Mrs. Bednar, bottom right is Matthew eating his snacks from the party with his Valentine’s envelope taped to his chair. The valentine's party was a success and it was nice to see that the same excitement I felt exchanging Valentines as a child still exists for my kids.
Seth had come home early that day so I could help out so it was fun for the kids to come home from school to play with him. We had dinner and leftover cupcakes to finish up our Valentine’s day, or at least I thought. Charlie and Matthew both were up later in the night with the stomach flu. They missed school the next day but I was hoping we might still be able to have his birthday party the following Saturday. No such luck when Lucy joined them with the stomach flu the following afternoon. Oh the fluids we mush deal with as mothers!!! By Sunday everyone was back to normal so we rescheduled his friend party for President’s Day since there wasn’t school.
What a wonderful birthday party! Out of the six kids Matthew invited three of them were girls and I’m sure this was the difference. We have had ALL boy birthday parties before that have been total bedlam but while there were crazy moments, it was mostly calm. Everyone had a good time while we played at the “beach.” We played in the sand, played balloon volleyball, played “pin the coconut on the tree,” hunted for treasure, and of course we wacked a sun piñata.
I loved Seth’s addition to the birthday cake of the sea monster in the corner eating the Teddy Grahams.
Matthew is doing well in Kindergarten. Candlewood Elementary school has a “Soaring Eagle Assembly” every quarter where they hand out awards to the kids. He received a “virtue” award back in November and then he received an Art award in February for “his ability to demonstrate basic lines and shapes.” It’s a little random but was exciting for him none-the-less.
During the first of January he burst through the front door exclaiming “I won a t-shirt!” He also handed me this letter that made us all proud- Go Matthew!
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