Jenson Family: Matthew's 5th Birthday

Life is like a hurricane here in Duckberg

Race cars, lazers, aeroplanes, it's a duck's world

Might solve the mystery and re-write history

Duck Tales Woo-oo!

Unfortunately you can't see how high above the ground he is here... but it hurt when he landed.

a-Mum

A-uu

Even the 2 year old has it memorized by now. Mr. aMazing Matthew turned 5 this year and boy was it aMazing. Matthew got the much loved "Duck Tales" DVD's and we have watched all 9 hours of episodes since it was opened. Who doesn't love Uncle Scrooge? We just can't get enough of the series. To celebrate the exciting day we again took a trip to Jumping Jim's Jungle. We went on Friday after Adam got home from school. The boys loved it. They loved it so well that I was unable to take pictures of them loving it because they were all moving TOOO darn fast.

Matthew's birthday actually fell on a Sunday this year which was a little painful for the guy. Friday was Jumping Jim's, Saturday was mom making homemade marshmallow fondant for the first time with the scout troop at home trying to create a castle fondant cake with all 10 hands helping while Dad did a merit badge conclave all day the church with his own troop, and AT LAST Sunday was eat and presents. Few! Glad we survived Saturday to see Sunday.

Matthew is an engineer in every literal sense. The child's mind NEVER rests. He would sleep with a screwdriver if I would let him. He wants to build, create, take apart, and conquer EVERYTHING. I love it. I love how impossible it is for him to tell a lie, or even a partial fib... like when I ask if he dried his hands after he washed them. His face crumples up and with all his strength he tries to keep it straight, but his eye crinkles and the fib tries to come out but his face rats on him before he can even say it. I love that about that kid. I love that he can't hold still... NO MATTER WHAT! There does not exist a still bone in his body. Even when we sit on him he can't be still. It is no wonder the child is as skinny as a rail. He can climb ANYTHING! He is always the brother that is sent to shimmy up the side of the fridge to sneak treats or climb the tree to tie the rope. Like all of us are guilty of doing, he loves to brace his hands and feet on the wall in the hall and climb up so his head hits the ceiling. He doesn't use the stairs of his bunk bed. He climbs on the desk next to the bed then climbs over the side. Likewise on his way down he just jumps and lets it all fly. We all know when Matthew wakes up because he greets us with a thud every morning. He is so skinny but so STRONG. If he gets hold of your arm it takes a crowbar to get the little wiry monkey off. He is in every sense aMazing Matthew. I just love him to death. He loves baby Michael and calls him a little cutie pie. He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to play Dad's iPad. He just recently defeated the evil Dr. Porkchop for the first time on a Toy Story 3 game and has now officially entered the ranks of manhood.

Oh how we love our Ma-Mow.