Beckham is 5!! :)

Beckham turned 5 on May 25th! And oh, how I love this boy. He is a little ray of sunshine. His twinkly blue eyes, tasty little dimples in his cheeks, and his contagious laugh combined with his sense of humor and light makes him a little magnet that everyone loves to be around. He is VERY rambunctious and loud, but he has a sweet side that comes out at all the right moments. He is so much fun, we love him so much.

His graduation day. :)

He loves to dance, play Hot Wheels, build marble races, play Minecraft with Bridger, build LEGO's, say every prayer for every meal, and wear a hat instead of comb his hair. He is not a very picky eater, although during our move he did go through some random picky stage. He goes to sleep at 7 PM every night and wakes up around 6 AM, then he plays his LeapPad until 7 AM or until everyone else is up. He is pretty chill, but he does NOT like loud noises and is a little hesitant when trying new things. He loves playing t-ball and wants to try soccer. He did UPSTART for preschool this year and did awesome! Now we have started Kindergarten and he is doing so good, he is reading already and is doing great! He loves to cuddle at night, and I would say he is quite the Daddy's boy for the most part. He is usually the first to remember to share or do something nice for someone, and he does great in Primary, he gave his first talk a few weeks ago in our new ward. :) Oh, and his very favorite color is orange!! He colors EVERYTHING orange. And he wears his favorite orange shirt as much as he can. :)

At his doctor appointment this year he measured 98% for height and 83% for weight!! He is so tall!! 

20 questions with Beckham:

1. What is your favorite toy? My orange hot wheels car
2. What is your favorite part about school? Life of Fred
3. Who is your favorite scripture hero? Jesus, because he is the Savior
4. What is your favorite food? Pizza
5. What is your favorite dessert? Peaches
6. What is your favorite vegetable? Broccoli
7. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberry and blueberries, and frozen blueberries.
8. What do you want to be when you grow up? Train driver for work, when I'm a Dad.
9. What is your favorite snack? Cashews, almonds, raisins, frozen blueberries and yogurt chips. 
10. What is your favorite book? The firefly book and Who Flung Dung?
11. What is your favorite thing to have for breakfast? Strawberry oatmeal
12. What is your favorite holiday? Valentine's Day
13. What does Mommy always say to you? You have to eat dinner, you have to eat breakfast, you have to eat lunch, it's pizza for lunch. 
14. What does Daddy always say to you? Eat lunch, eat dinner, eat breakfast. 
15. What is your favorite TV show? Paw Patrol
16. Who is your best friend? Cailin
17. What are you really good at? Playing baseball
18. If you could have a wish, what would it be? It would be I want to play soccer and I could win the game!
19. What is your favorite primary song? Choose the Right
20. What vegetable do you hate the most? Cauliflower

Things Beckham has said this past year:

He had a play doctor kit out and was listening to everyone's heartbeats, he listened to mine and said, "wow, your heart is really PUMPY!"

We were playing outside and Beckham saw two little birds on the fence, he said "Look at those two cute little birds looking for their Mommy, they are going to Walmart!" LOL

One afternoon the boys had found my old iPod and we were listening to my music with some earphones, Beckham said, "it sounds like music is all around me!"

He LOVES rolly polly's lately. We were walking on the River Trail and he was starting to lag behind, I called over my shoulder for him to catch up and he told me he was looking for rolly pollys. A few minutes later he starts BAWLING. Like, crying so hard I was startled and turned around, he proceeded to tell me that one of his rolly pollys rolled out of his hand and got lost. I told him he could find another one, but he just cried harder and said it was the biggest one. Lol. Later on the trail Bridger wanted to learn to pick one up but was nervous, so Beckham goes and squats down next to him (in the middle of the path) and says, "I'll roll it up for you. You just go like this," and he pushes it around with his finger until it rolls up, it was adorable to see them squatting down together and collecting rolly pollys. I made them set them free, because I just couldn't see how having 8 rolly pollys in the van could turn out good. 

He was saying the breakfast prayer and said, "and please help that Jesus can come down today...so we can see him...in our backyard." Lol. 

One Sunday I had baked a carrot cake before church and left it to cool on the stove while we were at church. Captain got out of his pen and ate some of the cake, when we got home I was SO MAD. I am always extremely tired on Sundays and to come home to that was very disappointing. I dumped the cake into the sink and started washing the pan, Beckham came up to me and asked, "can we make another cake?" I thought for a second and then said, "no, Mommy is tired, bud." He asked me three more times, then he asked, "can I help you make another cake?" And then I couldn't say no!! And he DID help me make that whole cake. He is so sweet.

He came up with this new line of "...in the WEST." for everything. LOL. For example, he said (talking to Ander), "you are the cutest baby in the WILD WEST!" Or, "I'm the fastest runner in the WEST!" 

Some pictures from his party and bowling (he asked to go bowling on his birthday). He asked for a Hot Wheels party this year and wanted a cake with a tunnel through it for his cars! He requested a chocolate cake for the car tunnel and he also wanted strawberry cake! So that's what I made him. :)