Relaxing Weekend At Home

Matthew took the laundry basket and climbed in! He watched an entire episode of Mickey Mouse Club House in the laundry basket on Saturday morning.

As you can see...he still loves his thumb!

This picture was taken last Sunday during the Superbowl. We had a few couple friends over to watch to game. Matthew shared his table with one of our friends daughters. They had so much fun tearing up our house during the game.

The Russell family spent a nice weekend at home. It seems we have been doing that a lot the past month or so. (Which is not normal for us...usually we are always going somewhere!) I think Matt has really enjoyed getting to play with his toys!

Pictures From This Week

Last Friday

Last Friday night Matthew spent the night with his Nana and Granddad. So...Marc and I went with my brother and sister inlaw to new steak restaurant close to town. After a GREAT dinner we came back to our house to play our new favorite XBOX 360 game Rock Band. We can't play it with Matt in the house because we get too loud so we haven't gotten to play it much since Christmas. If you haven't ever tired it you are missing out. It is so much fun! We aren't very good at it yet but it's still fun to make fun of yourself and your friends getting into the music!

Cooking With Matt

Matthew "drums" on the bowls.

"Just tasting to see if this needs more salt!"

It seems lately that Matt has been doing a lot of imitating. He is very interested in everything Marc and I do or say. One of his favorite things to watch is cooking. Whenever I am in the kitchen cooking dinner he wants to be right there watching me mix and stir. So, no whenever I am cooking, I give him his own bowls, spoons and pots to "cook" with. He has a great time stirring with the big spoons and it keeps him occupied while I am busy with other things.

Matthew Learns To Use A Spoon

The past week or so I have been trying to teach Matthew how to feed himself using a spoon. He is not an expert yet...but he has gotten a lot better at actually getting the spoon into his mouth. He still can't figure out how to get his food from the bowl to the spoon but once I have done that part for him he can do the rest. As you can see, it is a very messy process! He gets food EVERYWHERE!! Surprisingly, he didn't make that big of a mess with his chocolate pudding. Usually, there is food on the floor, on Matt and on me too.

Spring in January ?

How does this thing work???

It was a nice spring day in January. So, Marc and I blew up Matt's bounce house. Yes, it was only one of his many, many gifts this Christmas. He had a great time playing in it even if he can't figure out how to jump around yet! He spent over an hour just rolling around inside and throwing the little plastic balls that came with it. It is supposed to be warm again tomorrow so maybe we will get it out again for him to use before the cold weather comes back.

Future Aggie

My brother Brandon (who just happens to be an A&M graduate) bought Matt this Aggie t-shirt for Christmas. Marc's brother Kevin is also a graduate of A&M. I thought they might like to see these pictures of our future Aggie playing in his "Saw 'em off" t-shirt.