Scott Turns 3!

Feburary 26th was Scott's 3rd birthday! We tried to talk about the fact he was turning 3 years old, but he kept telling us that he wanted to be 1. Not quite sure why... A few months ago we had taken Scott to Chuck E. Cheese for a fun night out and he absolutely loved it! So I thought that would be the perfect location for his big birthday rager. We invited his little friends T (Tanner) and E (Emily) and their families, as well as Grandma and BaBa. At first I thought we would just do pizza at Chuck's, but the more I thought about it, I realized that none of the kids would eat pizza... The most exciting dinner Scott and his buddies could image would be fries and "chupup" (aka ketchup) at In-and-Out. Emily and her sister Molly were THRILLED to go to what they call "the french fry store."

So we had an exciting dinner with fries, chupup and milkshakes and then we were off to Chuck E. Cheese! Scott's favorite things to do were play in the hamster maze that travels along the ceiling and play Skeeball (just like Grandma). He actually was pretty good at Skeeball, as long as we let him climb up close to target.

Eventually we had cupcakes for all the party guests. Scott and Grandma had a fun afternoon frosting all the cupcakes and putting everyone's name and sprinkles on each one. Tanner just had his birthday in December, so he was more excited about blowing out the candles than Scott was.

Then came the presents... T and his brother, Parker, gave Scott a cool Cars big rig that included Lightning McQueen and a few other cars. I would tell you the other cars' names, but we haven't actually seen the movie start to finish. Scott just identifies them by their numbers: 86 and 43. Emily and her sisters, Molly and Baby Heidi, gave Scott not one, but TWO Charlie t-shirts! The story behind this was at Christmas time, Scott told me he wanted a shirt like Charlie wears in Charlie and Lola (one of his favorite books and cartoons). It is just a baseball shirt with Charlie's name on it. So Laurie, E's mommy, bought 2 t-shirts from Old Navy, swapped the sleeves so they looked like baseball shirts, and ironed on the letters C-H-A-R-L-I-E. Scott was so excited! It is now 6 weeks after the party and he wants to wear his Charlie shirts just about every other day. So besides the fun presents he got from his friends, Grandma and BaBa got him a small trampoline and Mommy and Daddy gave him a T-ball set.

All in all, it was a very fun and EASY 3rd birthday party!

A Very Common Site...

If you have been to our house sometime during the past 6 months, you have most likely seen a little boy running around with no pants on. Scott has done really well potty training, but wants nothing to do with pants. So we see this site quite often, although this video was unique in that he decided for the first time to try and put his underwear on by himself! He did a pretty good job for his first attempt :)

Charlotte is on the Move

Charlotte is now mobile! Put a phone or a remote in front of her, and there's no stopping that girl...

The Next Generation's Choir Director

Watch out Aunt Allison and Grandma D! Scott is ready to take over as the next Syphi Family choir director... When Baby Santa finishes, they play the Hallelujah Chorus during the credits. Scott has to stop whatever he is doing, look at the TV and bounce his hand to the beat. And be sure to watch his grand finale:

Scott's Impressive Dance Skills

Scott spent forever today just standing at the refrigerator, playing the song each of the letters in sequence and doing this silly little dance. He was so entertained!

Baby C and Baby L (Elle)

We had a lot of fun with Jeff, Kelly, Elle, Cindy & Ryan all here visiting the last few days. Aunt Kelly taught Scott to say "Baby Elle", which is really easy since he has his letters down cold. Scott was driving in the Pilot with Jeff and Kelly and just kept saying over and over, "Baby L, Baby L..." And now that his fun aunts and uncles and cousin are gone, if we mention Baby L, he becomes very sad.

And since Baby L is such a great name, Scott also decided "Baby C" would also be appropriate for his little sister. And he thinks it is hilarious if ask if her name is Baby A or Baby C or Baby X... You get the idea!

The Infamous Bwoo Square

I can't figure it out... Scott has this MAJOR obsession with blue squares. No, wait... BWOO squares. Just watch the video and you will see:

We have the old quiet book that Mom made for us as kids, and on one page there are a bunch of felt shapes. For some reason Scott LOVES the blue square. He can't sleep without it. The other day he had to take it into Safeway with him and when we got back to the car, he didn't have it. So I had to haul him back into the store to find the bwoo square on the floor in the check-out line. And when we play this computer game that shows a bunch of different shapes and colors, once the bwoo square appears, it is the absolute greatest thing in Scott's little world

Scott is Going to be Two!

If we can count letters and numbers as "words" in Scott's vocabulary, it would be HUGE! He is very excited to respond when we ask him, "How old are you going to be?" Check out his answer:

Scott's First Words

We have waited a long time for this moment... Scott is finally talking! Check out his first words and his sweet hairdo:

The 'D' Says...

I have never known a little kid to be SO into letters! Yes, he isn't saying any real words yet, but Scott knows all his ABC's, upper and lower case, the sounds they make AND the sign! Amazing... He can say most of the letters, but for some reason he doesn't like 'A'. He just starts off with an 'M' sound, then continues on with 'B, C, D..."

Speaking of the letter 'B', that is by far his favorite. He runs around doing the sign with his hand and yelling 'B!!!' like it is the most exciting thing in the world. The other day we went into Best Buy and he was SO pumped that there were not one, but TWO huge yellow 'B's on the sign. And for some other strange reason, the letter 'D' is hilarious. I'm not sure why, but just check out this video: