Category — Will

Tuesday was Will’s first day at CCC this year. He was really looking forward to his new teachers, new classroom and new friends. His teachers this year are Mrs. Heather & Mrs. Kathy and he is already talking about them all the time. Of course we had to get our “first day of school” picture – and it was crazy!

Honey had to spend a couple of days in Nashville for work and it’s always a treat to have a guest! Will loves when people spend the night in his room – but watch out because he will crawl into bed with you

Papa sent some money to take the boys to Chuck E. Cheese – and we thought it would be a great way to celebrate Will’s first day of preschool. So after a fun day at preschool and a good long nap we headed out to play and eat pizza.

The Bob the Builder ride was a popular choice. I think Will rode it at least 6 times in a row.

Bill and Will riding the horse that you have to “guide” through the race course.

Thomas & Honey.

Bill & Will driving the race car.

This was Thomas’ first trip to Chuck E. Cheese and he loved all the bright lights!

At one point we looked over and found the boys in the crazy simulator contraption.

Thomas sat on the Merry Go Round like he knew just what to do.

When we were eating a teenage boy that worked there was cleaning/fixing a table near us and we were watching him. He looked over and said something and I said that we were just sitting there wishing that he would go and put on the Chuck E. Cheese because it would make a 2 year old really happy. A few minutes later – out came the mouse!!

Chuck E. Cheese had a sign that said “Follow Me for Free Tickets” and Will was at the front of the line.

All the kids had to do a dance and then they threw tickets out for the kids to gather up.

Thank you Papa & Honey for a fun night at Chuck E. Cheese

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!