William: Six Years!

My dear sweet Kindergartener. What a year this past one has been. He has grown up so much it's incredible--yet terrifyingly sad. But, let's focus on the fun stuff, shall we?

How handsome is my sweet boy in his school photo?!?

Birthday Interview

Age: 6
Height: 3 ft 8.25 inches
Weight: 45 lbs 2 oz
(Not that it matters much for the numbers, but as a fun aside, William's well visit was originally scheduled for the day after his birthday, but had to be rescheduled because he had a snow day from school that day and I didn't really want to mess with hauling the three boys out in a snow storm.)

This picture screams summer--and happy boy with his new basketball

What is your favorite color? Blue
What is your favorite animal? Monkey (Never would have guessed that, but whatever)
What is your favorite book? "Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree" (He actually took this book to school when he was star of the week back in December, so I guess it really must be a favorite)
What is your favorite song? Joy to the World (I was actually surprised by this; our church had been singing "Lord I Need You" as our Lenten praise song and he pretty much learned the whole thing by heart in just a few weeks)

Someone still love his trains, and got the chance to drive one at a model train show this past year

What is your favorite sport? Football
What is your favorite thing to do with Mom? Go on my birthday outing (I'm a little disappointed with this; he's been obsessed with playing Guess Who since Garrett got it for his birthday, although to be fair, he'll play with anyone and not just me)
What is your favorite thing to do with Dad? Play with the tan blanket (Yeah. Let's just say they make up some silly sleeping/twisting/rolling up games with that blanket)
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play golf

Rain, snow, or shine--yep, this kid loves his golf

Where is your favorite place to go? Museum (short for the Museum of Visual Materials where they have lots of fun kid's activities, although we truthfully usually go while he is at school because they close at four so he's only been there a few times this past year)
What is your favorite fruit? Pineapple (A little surprising, considering that it can be hard to get good ones this far north, but whatever)
What is your favorite vegetable? Carrots (one of the few answers that stayed the same since last year, and I'm kind of surprised he isn't sick of them because we tend to cook a lot of them, especially in the winter)
What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms (duh. What kid's isn't?)
What is your favorite treat? Hersheys (What can I say. The kid likes his chocolate)
What is your favorite meal? Red Beans and Rice (Yum)

Also delicious? S'mores

What makes you happy? Playing with Mommy and Daddy (Aw. Yay)
What makes you sad? When no one plays with me and when Garrett shouts "NO" at me (sadly, the latter one happens more than I care to admit. Garrett has a pretty large attitude on him for his rather small size)
Who are your best friends? Kason and Oriya
What do you want to be when you grow up? Policeman
What was your favorite part about last year? Go to the beach
What s one thing you want to do this year? Go to mini putt at the beach

Fearless boy at the beach. Sometimes it terrifies me, but Darrell assures me he's perfectly fine. Which also kind of terrifies me--I've heard stories about Darrell's antics as a kid and they aren't exactly reassuring

See also--handsome boy loving some mini putt at the beach

I feel like there are so many things I need to write to remember about William at this age, and yet I feel like there is no way I could even begin to write enough to accurately portray the wonderfulness that is my William. Since I don't really get around to blogging near as often as I'd like, though, I think I'll just share a bunch of pictures and let them do the talking.

The hat says it all. Despite all my nervousness and apprehension about William starting Kindergarten, he absolutely rocked it. And continues to rock it every day. We couldn't be more proud of him

Puzzles have become a huge thing for him. He has put together multiple 1000 piece puzzles--with a fair amount of help sorting the pieces, mind you, but he puts every single piece in by himself

At my cousin's wedding last summer the boys got to have Shirley Temples. We're pretty sure it was the first time they've ever had soda, and they couldn't stop giggling about the bubbles tickling their tummies

Not surprisingly, William was the only kid to make it through the Twins game awake. Although to be fair, I'm pretty sure he fell asleep at his first Twins game when he was fifteen months old, so it all balances out

So I'm a little surprised that bowling didn't come up anywhere in his birthday interview, because after a summer using the Kids Bowl Free program, this kid has been in love with bowling 

Someone was much more excited to go to day camp this summer--we'll see how he does this summer when he gets to go for full days instead of just half days

William usually isn't much for arts and crafts, but he did have fun at a story time at a pottery place and didn't do a half bad job painting his dragon

It took a little coaxing to get him on the tube, but he certainly enjoyed himself once we got started. Needless to say, this wasn't the only time he went tubing last summer

We had to miss one of the Augustana University Football games this fall, but this boy was very happy to discover that they livestream their games. Between football, basketball, and now a few baseball games, this boy is quickly becoming a hardcore Viking supporter. He even knew a handful of the basketball players by name and would get excited when "his" guys were on the court

I simply adore this picture from our family photo shoot this past fall, and I suspect I will only grow to love it more as the years go on

Happy Sixth Birthday Sweet Boy! You've been a rockstar on your new bike--and so many other things this past year. We love you!