Matthew's Birthday

Here is how we celebrated Matthew's birthday 2 weeks ago...

1. I made him gnocchi. He has been wanting to have gnocchi like the stuff he ate in NY a few years ago and I finally made it. It was easier then I thought it would be but still was quite the process. Boiling potatoes, peeling while they're hot, mashing them, adding flour and egg to make the dough.




By that point, I was getting tired of it so I didn't make the dumplings fancy, just cut them up.



I made a little tomato cream sauce.




Matthew loved it which is all that matters.



I couldn't eat too much of it because the cream sauce hurt my stomach.

2. We hung out the rest of the afternoon before our next planned event. We listened to Matthew's then (and maybe still now) favorite song over and over on YouTube. "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry.

3. I then took Matthew to get a pedicure. He had a hunch that we would be doing that. Right before going in he got a little nervous. I felt bad going in and there were ladies everywhere! The place was packed. I walked back with him and he sat down amongst 7 other ladies in pedi chairs. I know he liked it though, his feet were nice and clean when they were done!

4. We went to Minehaha Falls and were going to take a walk down to the falls but it was like 90 degrees out that day. Matthew could barely stand being out of the car let alone going for a walk. He opened his gift in the car.



A new watch!

5. Went out to dinner at Spill the Wine. We each had steaks.



6. Then Matthew ditched me to go to a Twins game with Jon (there were only two tickets available).



All in all a good day and a good way to celebrate Matthew's 28 years of life!