Scott Turns 5

For his birthday, Scott's first choice was Disneyland, but settled for Happy Hollow and chocolate sprinkle donuts. Unfortunately, Happy Hollow flooded and was closed. We had done fun outings all week, so I had nothing special left up my sleeve to celebrate on his birthday. We ended up going for a bike ride to the park and he had fun anyway.

 It was Perry's first bike ride. He loved it.

 Little mushroom head.

Found something tasty at the park.

 Trying to climb up with his brothers.

 The little man of the hour.

His model pose.

 Amanda helped Jonah conquer his fear of heights so he could go on the big slide.

 John had the camera, so I'm in a picture!

 It was nice having the family together to play, not rushed and not crowded.

 There was another mom at the park who, in my opinion, went all out for her son's birthday. Decorations, snacks, treats, etc. I said we were just having treats with family, so she could use our table if she needed it. She said her husband was out of work, so they weren't doing a party and she didn't want to host anything at her house because they had to let the maid go and it's so much work to clean before and after guests.

 Scott was happy to just ride his bike.

 Jonah loved individual attention from Amanda.

 Perry liked the freedom to crawl and explore.

 And, of course, Grandma time.

 Jonah saw Grandpa!

 Once Grandpa arrived, we had our fancy donuts. I was happy I remembered candles and a lighter. By this point the mom behind us had spread to two tables full of goodies. She offered to share with us, which was sweet, but I passed. I thought it was funny that her "not celebrating" was my idea of a big party.

 Scott's favorite gift was from Amanda. Star Wars Lego underwear. Jonah was obviously excited on his behalf.

Aunt Wendy sent him $5 and (after we told him it was money) he was excited because he could buy a Disneyland ticket.

I was still debating if we should just get him Disney on Ice tickets to do something special, but Scott kept insisting he'd rather put the money towards a Disneyland trip. Then my friend gave us tickets that they weren't going to use. It worked perfectly because we still got to go, but saved our Disneyland money.

 Since they have six kids, we had extra seats, so we took Perry. My friend Miranda and my mom could also come.

They wanted more Lightning McQueen, but there's only so much choreography cars can do on ice. Other than that, they loved the show.

 It was the same performance we saw two years ago, but with Frozen at the end instead of Tinkerbell. Much, much, much better. Much. My favorite part was watching the little girls singing and dancing along. My kids sat glued. Jonah was nodding off and Scott was observing.

 Perry got antsy and John took him for a walk, so he fell asleep. Then Jonah crashed when we got to the car. It was a long and fun day celebrating Scott.

On Scott's 5th birthday, his favorite:

food is quiche.

color is teal.

song is Taylor Swift.

church song is Samuel (tells of the baby Jesus).

scripture story is Nephi gets the plates

animal is penguin

hobbies are my Kindergarten workbook, playing light sabers, ride my bike speedy, Legos, building big train tracks, and traveling in planes.

When he grows up he wants to be construction. 

Scott is a smart, silly, and loving kid. He snuggles me every day. He eats more than I do. He likes everything to be equal and fair and is indignant on others' behalf when things aren't. He figures things out and makes observations that show his brain is always thinking. He is a perfectionist and hates making mistakes. I've really relied on him since Perry was born and he's stepped up to his role as "big big brother." We love our Scott Bean.