Category — Will

Last week Will’s friend, Judge, came over to play. Judge is a friend from church and playschool but it’s the first time they’ve been able to play at our house. They had an absolute blast! And they were SO cute and well behaved. I couldn’t help but take their picture all day.

The best conversation of the day went like this:

Judge: That’s baby Thomas.

Will: Thomas is a baby.

Me: Judge doesn’t have a baby at his house. Do you Judge?

Judge: I’m the baby! (Judge has 4 older brothers.)

The first thing Will wanted to do is show Judge his new bed. This is before they also piled all of Will’s animals in with them.

Then lots of playing in the “work” room.

Playing makes boys hungry! Lunch consisted of: PB&J sandwiches, popcorn, raisins, crackers, watermelon, bananas and chocolate milk.

They would put raisins in their mouth and then chomp on them with their faces about 1 inch apart. I hope they don’t do this at playschool

Thomas thought they were crazy boys!

After lunch it was time for more playing.

No play date is complete without racing on the scooter & tricycle.

They took a 15 minute break to watch Boz and eat fruit snacks.

They finished the afternoon playing cars.

It was a great day and we can’t wait for Judge to come back again!

This week we converted Will’s crib into a toddler bed. I wasn’t all gung-ho about the idea but Bill thought it was time. I mean, Will is almost 3 years old! (And we are secretly hoping that he will soon be able to use the potty by himself in the middle of the night!)

Last picture of Will in his crib.

(Almost) everyone was super excited about the big boy bed!

Will was super duper excited.

Bill was plaid giddy.

Thomas thought the whole ordeal was quite entertaining.

Me? Not so much, I could have cried.

It took a few minutes for Bill to do the converting, so Will climbed his “mountain” and played with brother.

As soon as the big boy bed was ready Will jumped in with his pillow and blanket.

Then, he wanted Bill, Thomas and all his animals to play in his “new” bed with him. (This is now one of his favorite places to play.)

Will is very proud that he can get in and out of bed all by himself now. And he has done surprisingly well staying in bed all night – naps are a bit harder but he at least has some alone time in his room.

SO PROUD OF OUR BIG BOY!

How old were your kids when you took them out of a crib? Did your kids climb out of their crib? (Will never did.) What size bed did you put them in? Toddler? Twin? Queen?

Yesterday was one of those days. There was a lot of crying, disobedience, discipline, whining, you get the picture.

Every night right before bed and after we’ve read a Bible story we ask Will what he wants to pray about. He generally recounts things we did that day and names all his family.

Last night was a little different:
Bill: What do you want to pray about tonight?

Will: Uhhhh, my not know.

Me: I want to pray that Jesus will help Will obey his mommy and daddy and be a good boy tomorrow.

Will: My not! My want to pray to have fun!

Classic.

Will spent last week with Nonny and PawPaw up at the camper. He had a great week and already told me that he wants Thomas to go with him next year! Here’s all the fun they had (as told by Nonny).

We just returned from a great trip with Will to Townsend.  We stayed at the Sundown Resort Campground and while we were there stayed very busy.  In the pictures below you can see some of the fun we had.

We started with an afternoon of swimming

Then a trip to the playground

Will loved this enclosed slide

And this one too!

On Wednesday, we took Will to Dollywood

He chose the most beautiful horse

Then we took an elephant ride

Can’t forget the pigs

Or the ducks

And the busy bees!

He even took PawPaw for a ride in a pink Cadillac

And gave the scarecrow a big good-bye hug!

Then it was back to work on our camper. We got a new one.

There were days filled with tennis

And basketball. He is just an all-around athlete!

His most favorite ride at Dollywood was the Veggie Tales Roller Coaster. Didn’t get a good picture of it though.

There is nothing better than boys. Boys in their underwear. Boys in their underwear playing cars. Love it!

On our third day of vacation I noticed that Will’s front tooth had turned gray. I initially thought it was from the iron in his vitamins but when I checked his vitamins they didn’t have iron in them! A quick google search and I learned that teeth can “die” if you fall or get hit in the head. Well, Will got bonked in the head several times on vacation. So, I made Will his first dentist appointment.

I was nervous about how he would do! But he could not have been better behaved or more cooperative. The waiting room was full of arcade games, blocks and “quarter” rides. Will really enjoyed riding the whale, “like Jonah.”

When it was Will’s turn they let him pick out a toothbrush and then led us to a room with a padded table and a TV in the ceiling – with Super Why playing. Perfect!!

First he had to have an X-ray so the dentist could look at the tooth’s nerve and he sat so still she only had to do it once.

Then it was time to get his teeth cleaned! He laid on the table and did everything she asked. He didn’t like the flossing so his response was to hit his tennis shoes together. What a goofy kid.

The part I dreaded was when the dentist came in to look at the tooth. Good News: No Cavities! More Good News: As of right now the tooth is not “dead.” But it’s too early to tell if there’s permanent damage.

Best Case Scenario: The nerve is not permanently damaged and the tooth is “bruised.” Color may or may not return to normal.

Mediocre Case Scenario: Nerve is permanently damaged but not severe so they perform a “baby root canal” and remove the nerve.

Worst Case Scenario: Nerve is severely damaged and they have to remove the tooth. This would cause him to have a missing tooth until he’s 7 or 8!

Please be praying for best case scenario. I know in the grand scheme of life a gray or even missing baby tooth is not a big deal but I would still prefer him not to lose it!

Enjoy some phone pictures of our “tooth doctor” adventure. Best part? Will got a lizard tattoo for being good and now he looks ferocious!

Will had a great time at “camp” last week! They went camping at Chester Frost park where they played in the sand, swam in the lake and played on the playground for hours. They went swimming with Didi. And they went to a Lookouts game where they ate hotdogs, pizza, peanuts, popcorn, and ice-cream. Will also made it home with a baseball bat, a foam finger, baseball cards and an autographed baseball. Here’s a few phone pictures from the “awesome” week!