Little Baker!

Matthew made his first batch of banana muffins and they sure did taste good! It took as long to actually bake them as it did to wipe off all the extra batter on the sides of the muffin cups, but it was well worth the fun! Emeril in the making...

Snow Sliding

That's right, snow sliding, not snow sledding! Once the snow tapered off on Monday, Matt and I ventured outside to play. First we took a stroll and watched neighbors shovelling and snow plows going by. But then, we had the real fun. We discovered that the slide on our swing set is way more fun when it's covered in snow and you have snow pants on that make you fly right down it! As you can see, Matthew loved it and just wanted to go again and again and again. I was so tired by the end that I just laid down in the snow for a rest. Well Matt thought this was hilarious and made his way over to me and laid right down next to me. So then we made snow angels for the first time this year too! Hopefully that will be the last time we are able to do that this winter! But we'll sure look forward to doing it again next winter!

Indoor Fun

We have tried very hard this winter to find activities to entertain Matthew, or in other words, to tucker him out for naptime! One of our favorite places to go is Playtown Express in Hopkinton. It's a big warehouse type space with lots of blow-up moon bounces, slides, and maze type things. Just the right kind of place for a little boy to run, and climb, and run, and jump, and run! Now we just need to work on the sharing aspect of it.....

Howdy

Matt's orange overalls kept reminding me of a farmer all day long, so I broke out a cowboy hat from a past Halloween and plopped it on his head! He is at the point where he can repeat pretty much anything, so I taught him to say "howdy." It was quite adorable!

Dance Dance Dance

Matthew just might not take after his mom and dad, neither of whom can dance:

I love movies about trucks!

The best purchase of 2009 so far is our new truck movie! We discovered a clip of this movie online at YouTube.com while searching for videos about trucks. It is simply footage of real working construction trucks with a silly songs about each one. And it makes Matthew sit still, for a half hour, which is truly an amazing feat! This was one of the first times he watched it, and as you can see in the video, he was completely enraptured!

New Hat

While shopping last week, Matthew picked out something for himself for the very first time. He grabbed it off the shelf and ran over and held it up to me. I put it on his head and there it stayed for the next three hours! It was a blue baseball cap, it fit perfectly, and he absolutely loves it! We don't, though it is adorable, simply because he just looks so grown up in it! He is turning into a little boy too fast...where did our baby go?