Scott Turns 3

 Happy Birthday Scott!

He just turned the big boy 3!

I can hardly believe it.

Scott started talking this year and has been progressing great.

He is still behind in many areas but now that he is 3 he will be starting preschool in a few days.

This kid loves to run and jump.

I'd say those are his all time favorite things to do.

He loves to play tag too.

He LOVES dinosaurs, especially the T-Rex.

He knows all the dinosaur names thanks to dads Jurassic Park game on the iPad and watching almost every single episode of Dinosaur Train.

He also still loves animals and has started to be interested in insects.

He loves to read books.

He has started climbing things this year.

I didn't mind to begin with, Mark and I both were great climbers as kids and Scott has his mom's sense of balance and knows his limits for the most part.

But he is getting more and more courageous with the things he tries and the heights he takes, kinda freaking me out now.

Scott learned his ABC's earlier this year along with their sounds and is now learning how to trace them on the iPad.

He also loves playing Angry Birds on our phones. 

He is growing so fast that it's hard to keep up with him, especially in the clothes department, he has been in 4T for the last 6 months.

At his doctors appointment we found out his stats:

height: 39.4 inches......90%

weight: 34.5 lbs..........80%

BMI...........................40%

He throws a lot of fits still and we are looking to get further tests done on better ways to help him.

He loves to learn but often doesn't understand the process things are done.

Being Scott's mom is the hardest and the BEST thing I have ever done.

It's been a wonderful 3 years Mark and I wouldn't trade this time with you for anything.

 Scott eating his birthday breakfast.

Chocolate donate with sprinkles is his favorite, that is, the part that has the frosting, once that's gone, he is done.

Well after breakfast it was time to get ready to party.

I talked Mark into taking the day off of work to do something with Scott.

I wanted this day to be super special for my big boy so we had to do something that he had never done.

Something that would make his jaw drop.

Something that would make him so happy he wouldn't think of throwing a fit.

For some kids that might be Disneyland but not Scott.

There was only one place that filled these standards.

And

that 

is

the

..........

Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.

Let me tell you, it did NOT disappoint!

His jaw dropped right when he saw those dinosaurs on the walls.

He got the biggest grin on his face and then something amazing happened.

He was quiet!

He was speechless!

He wasn't shy or overly anxious he was just calmly waiting for me to take him to heaven.

It was perfect.

When we got there we saw tons of kids outside eating lunch.

I was so paranoid that it would be crowded because Scott does NOT do well with crowds.
Well someone loves us up there because we got there right after the crowd left and we were pretty much alone in all the rooms.

Scott knows pretty much all the dinosaur names.

He was pointing them out to us and telling us what they were.

He knows more then I do and reminds me all the time what they are.

I love the look of wonder on his face.

Everything was so big.

He got to wear one of his new school shirts today.

We had to.

This was the most crowded spot of the museum with about 7 other kids.

But I'm pretty sure that the kids before us took a bunch of the dinosaurs that should have been in the water/sand table.

There were hardly any left.

Mark and I bought a new shiny camera before Scott's birthday.

Mark loved taking the pictures.

Scott didn't feel like waiting for Mark to read everything and take 20 pictures of everything.

So Scott and I would go forward and then back again to find Mark.

But Mark found us in front of the T-Rex.

It's Scott's favorite.

Scott's next favorite is the triceratops.

This was my favorite room.

As some of you know, I love sharks.

I can't remember what they said this was but Scott and I know this prehistoric shark as Cretoxyrhina.

It has sharp teeth.

In fact the only thing that they have found of this shark is it's teeth.

They have judged that it was this big based of how big the teeth are.

It was bigger then this picture is letting on.

It would have been able to swallow me like a shrimp.

It didn't happen with all of them but Scott liked me reading about the different dinosaurs.

He would often find the information on many of them and wait for me to come read it to him.

He would even repeat some of it back to me to tell me he was listening.

I love how he loves to learn.

Stole the camera from Mark, we needed a picture of this cute daddy.

Later that day we had some friends over and had cake.

This was the first year Scott was able to blow out his candles.

He did one at a time.

Here's Scott's cousin Maia who came up for Scott's birthday.

Behind her is Jaeley, Scott's friend from the village.

We also had our neighbors from up stairs over, Jaxson (4) and Greyson (18m)

Scott opening his T-Rex.

He got lots of presents but his favorites were dinosaur and animal related.

It was such a great day.

I hope that means it will also be a great year.