Look at this adorable boy! My sweet Will, he was about 17 months in this photo. Where has the time gone?!
We celebrated Will's 6th birthday (October 12) with lots of family and one of his little friends. He wanted a "Star Wars Hoth" party, so I decorated his cake with white frosting, a marshmallow snow cave, and of one of Will's own lego creations: an AT-AT! Wish I'd taken a photo. We hung white streamers and Eleanor drew an AT-AT to tape on the front door. He loved it! Will also had a little celebration in his kindergarten class he attends twice a week. I had fun taking a treat and watching him interact with his peers. He read "The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree" to his whole class!
Will is a special boy. There's a lot to him. He can be both goofy and pensive; sweet and mischeivous. Sometimes he says something that makes me realize there is much going on in his mind that I wouldn't have guessed. He has the markings of a leader - although sometimes I worry about brutal dictatorship, ha! On the playground he can round up all the kids and orchestrate a grand game, it is so fun to watch!
Will loves to play imaginative games with siblings and friends - orphans, Narnia, ninjago, mining, ninja turtles, knights...to name a few! He loves Legos and trash trucks and snakes. He is good with numbers, good with words, good with maps. He loves books, helping me bake, and making up wild stories. He is still "built on springs" as his grandma says - he literally does bounce around much of the day!
I am so thankful for the gift of my firstborn son!! He brings such joy to us all. Parenting him continues to teach me! I pray God's richest blessing on him, that Will would live a life that reflects the hope and glory of the Gospel of Christ.
