Brothers

Jeff came to visit Minnesota a few days after Jay had been in Texas visiting him and his family. (See recent cowboy hat purchase.) Due to unexpected circumstances, the guys were unable to spend time in Austin and visit the Broken Spoke bar to see Mr. Dale Watson perform. Unexplainably, Mr. Watson was scheduled to play Lee's Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis on Wednesday night while Jeff was here. As such, we three ventured out to the Lounge and saw Mr. Watson. It would have been a great night if any one of us knew how to two-step or swing. Despite our lack of dancing aptitude, we enjoyed some grand ol' timey country music and some interesting people watching. I think there was even some brotherly bonding.

Bicycle Fun

We finally had a nice warm spring day around here. The boys were very anxious to get out their bikes and ride around in the garage and driveway. They had a ball making up games and bumping into the garage walls. One of their games involved them riding around in circles and then purposefully falling off their bikes. I put an end to that real quick. Didn't want them injuring themselves or the new bicycles.

Happy 6th Birthday Jonathan!

Jonathan turned six on March 19th! We celebrated his birthday with some of the family on Monday, March 17th. Auntie Jen and Cousins Anna and Zachary, Grandpa and Grandma Matthews, Mom, Dad and Eric were all in attendance. Jonathan got some amazing birthday gifts: a new black and green bicycle, some rockets and all the equipment needed to launch them, a disney video camera and a cool new book just for boys. We had a delicious dinner that ended with the scrumptious Dinosaur Cake. The party was low-key but fun.

It's hard to believe my "baby" is now six years old!

A Study of Eric by Jonathan H. Matthews

Jonathan tried out my new camera this evening. For some reason he decided Eric was his muse.

Volcano Fun

At Grandma and Grandpa Matthews' house today Jonathan and Grandma got out her science lab and made volcanoes. Apparently Eric and Jonathan enjoyed the activity so much they recreated the volcano about twenty times. Plus, Jonathan asked to bring the items home. We made several volcanoes at home, and only stopped when we ran out of vinegar. I took a video of Jonathan making his volcano too and will try to upload it here. Maybe not tonight however since it will be very frustrating I'm sure. Jonathan watched the video and told me he didn't like the sound of his voice. And he decided the science goggles looked dumb. I told him he was cute.

The Cookie Monster

On Saturday, Jonathan and I made chocolate chip cookies together. He mixed the dry ingredients and helped me add them to the sugar and egg mixture. He helped mix in the chocolate chips also. We both enjoyed some of the dough and then waited impatiently for the cookies to bake. Mmmmmm, mmmmm. Cookies are delicious.

Happy Birthday Lana, Jay and Jennifer

John and Jackie held a birthday bash for the three of us (Lana, Jay and Jennifer) on Tuesday evening. We had a picnic on the living room floor and an awesome snake cake which the gentleman helped decorate and lots of cool party favors. Check us out...