Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Turning 6


Well I'm not quite a month late with Scott's birthday post.  Just under the wire.  As of February 27th we officially have a 6 year old in the house.  That's crazy.  Scott has really looked forward to being six and we got to celebrate with a pretty great birthday weekend.


Friday after school (the day before his birthday) we had a big playdate at the park with friends!  With all the rushing around and go, go, go we seem to do it was a special treat to spend the entire afternoon at the park.

Owen and Eamon watching the fish at the Lakes.

The kinder friends playing meerkats.   They games they come up with, I tell ya?!?!!!

Saturday was Scott's birthday and he got to wake up to a streamer covered door (per his request, I did this one year and he's asked for it every year since.  Its funny what sticks with them!) and then we headed to the farmers market for breakfast.  Unfortunately our plans were foiled when our gluten free waffle guy was nowhere to be found, so on the way home we stopped at Hugo's for blueberry pancakes and cinnamon rolls.  Delish.

That afternoon Parker J, Auntie and Eden and Mimi and Papa headed over for a little "party".  We had pizza and cake per Scott's request. He specifically wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting with vanilla frosting and strawberries in the middle.  I gave it a shot but it definitely ended up as a pinterest fail.  He didn't mind at all and said it was delicious!

Pizza picnic

6

Excited to be 6....and also the the result of eating sugar basically all day.

This little girl got down with some cake too!!!

Then for our big surprise/gift.  We told Scott he could finally watch Star Wars.  When we told him he said, "For real?"

He has been begging to watch Star Wars forever.  I have been hesitant, but finally over Christmas Brian and I rewatched the original (Episode IV) and deemed it ok for the boys, but we didn't just want to sit them down and say here ya go, we really wanted it to be memorable since he had been excited for it for so long.  That's how we came up with the plan of giving this to Scott for his birthday. He was thrilled.  Mission accomplished.

Littlest cousins snuggled up for the movie.


The next week we had a fun play date with the Richards girls, which led to concoction making in the backyard and eventually us staying there for dinner.


I love their friendship!



Scott at age 6:
He is a very black and white thinker and serious about learning and understanding facts, but he still knows how to have a good time.
He loves all things Star Wars.
His favorite things to read are non-fiction.  He likes books about science and history the most right now.
He is super social at school - friends and recess are definitely his favorite part of the day, reading, math and centers are more of a struggle right now.
He's really gotten into loving sports: soccer and baseball are probably his favorite because he has played both.  He's also loving taking ninja class with Owen at a local gymnastics place.
When he grows up he still wants to be a dad, as well as a firefighter or police officer depending on the day.
Legos are hands down his favorite toy, but he also still loves to play make believe with his brother and or his friends.
His favorite food is pizza, but he's a pretty phenomenal eater - if we are eating something for dinner and he likes it he asks if we can have it every week on that day (ex: tuesday tostadas...."Mom can we have these tostadas every tuesday!) 
He is kind and empathetic, funny without always meaning to be, sensitive, intelligent and it is a joy and privilege to be him mom and get to watch him grow up!

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