Eleven

"These go to eleven"

Scott and I recently celebrated our 11th anniversary of being parents, or rather, our oldest, Matthew turned 11 years old!  Here he is, exercising early on the morning of his birthday.  He took an age test on the Wii.  The test determined that he was 11 years old.  So I guess he's right on track.

It was a busy weeknight but we had Matthew's favorite dinner of chicken sandwiches and for dessert, cheesecake!  Scott makes a wonderful cheesecake but since it was crazy and mid-week we got a store bought cheesecake.  It was also very good.

The cake is on fire!

Matthew going on a treasure hunt for presents

He found everything

A new game he is excited about.

We had been borrowing this game from the library beforehand

Anna handmade this Legend of Zelda symbol for Matthew out of felt, stuffing and a glue gun

Scott made his famous blueberry compote cheesecake topping. 

So good!

Happy Birthday Matthew!!

Eleven Matthew Facts

He recently started taking tennis lessons

He plays the trumpet in his school band

He has been in the school choir for the past three years

His current obsession is Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (a Nintendo game)

His favorite colors are red and black

He sang an entire song solo for his school play this year

He likes big rollercoasters

He likes hiking and exploring in the creek bed near our house

He is a fast reader

He is in fifth grade and has attended five different elementary schools

He wants to learn Japanese so he can work for Nintendo someday