Celebrating Matthew's Birthday

Linus and I worked together to make Matthew's birthday cake. When we discussed how we should decorate it, Linus said it had to have a rainbow. It turned out kind of cute, although the white frosting looks kind gray in the photo. Linus made two space-themed stick puppets for him and hauled out his DK space encyclopedia to explain to Matthew what they were: the pegasus constellation and a Russian astronaut. We had a fun family celebration and Linus was so excited all day. He gleefully hid all of Matthew's presents for him to find.

Falls Church/Washington, DC

We went to Falls Church, VA the first weekend of May to join the rest of the clan from Matthew's maternal side of the family. We came together to reminisce about Margaret White's life and everyone's experiences visiting there. We flew out there a day early so that we could visit the Natural History Museum. We chose this museum to feed Linus' craving for more knowledge of dinosaurs. Much of the time he looked like he does in the first photo. He was always pointing and asking what each dinosaur was. He had a blast there and he also loved riding the subway into DC for our second visit to the Natural History Museum. We managed to meet up with some of the family at the Air and Space Museum for lunch. A tourist took our picture with the cutout of Amelia Earhart.

The day spent at Margaret's was relaxing and enjoyable. It was delightful to sit outside for hours listening to birds singing, watching the kids play together, and catching up with everyone. The image of the buttercups blooming en masse in the field will stick with me forever.