The Pink TuTu - chapter outtakes

Rosie's Fifth Birthday & Disappearance

June 27th, 2016
Rosie's fifth birthday/day Rosie went missing

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*Montgomery-Hastings Residence*

Early in the morning, before the sun is even up, Spencer and Aria are woken up by their daughter.

They hear the slapping of her footsteps on the hardwood floor first, before giggling, the door opening, and Rosie jumping on their bed.

"Mommy! Mamma! Wake up!"

Spencer rolls over first, smiling at her daughter.

"Hey, Rosepetal!" Spencer sits up, letting Rosie climb into her lap. "What are you doing up so early?" She pretends not to know what today is, because Rosie always finds it funny.

"Mommy, don't you know? It's my birthday!"

"Oh, is it?" As she acts "confused", the 5-year-old falls over in a fit of giggles.

"Yes! I'm one-whole-hand old! See?" She holds up five fingers.

"Oh, my, that's right!" As it "dawns" on her, Spencer gasps, "My little baby, all grown up!"

Aria finally speaks then, having been quiet, listening to her daughter and wife interact with each other.

"Happy Birthday, my Sweet Girl," Rosie hugs her mamma. "Are you ready for your day of fun?"

"Yep! I can't wait to go to the zoo! I wanna see the Zebras and the Tigers, and the Penguins, and, um...oh! And the Panda Bears!"

Rosie keeps chattering about what animals she wants to see and whether she will get cotton candy or a funnel cake as a snack. Spencer heads to the kitchen to make her Birthday Breakfast, while Aria goes to check on Scottie.

Spencer makes five mini pancakes, about the size of three regular-sized ones. Rosie is five so that is how many pancakes she gets.

There are red, blue, purple, green, and polka dots, which was made by Spencer making a pink pancake, pouring the batter on the pan, and dripping green food coloring randomly throughout the pancake.

It wasn't perfect, of course, but Rosie thinks it is the coolest thing ever – of course, this is the first time she has ever even seen a polka dot pancake, and she requests that all six of her pancakes be polka dot for next year.

Aria comes downstairs with Scottie, who is freshly awoken with a clean diaper, and puts him in his high chair. Rosie shares her pancake and Spencer adds cheerios while Aria gets some yogurt for the toddler.

"Scottie can have some of my blue and green pancakes, Mamma," Rosie explains as she puts some of the cut-up pieces on Scottie's highchair table. "But he can have some purples, too, cause it doesn't hafta be just a girl color, right, Mamma?"

Aria smiles at the soon-to-be kindergartener. "Yes, that is right. Scottie can like pink and purple, just like you can like blue and green."

The next couple of hours consist of Rosie opening a birthday present, an outfit for the trip to the Rosewood Zoo.

And then Rosie and Scottie get a bath, with Aria adding special tablets to the water, to make it a dark purple, after they are washed off, of course.

Then, everyone gets dressed. They have matching outfits.

"Woah, these are so cool!" Rosie exclaims as she sees everyone's shirts. Spencer's is blue and reads, "Mommy of the Birthday Girl", while Aria's is light pink and reads, "Mamma of the Birthday Girl".