Happy Birthday Will!!

Will's birthday was last Thursday, November 11th. I can't believe that he turned 6 years old. My kids' birthdays are bittersweet for me. I don't like to think about them growing up so quickly. Six really sounds old to me and makes me feel old. His birth was a crazy, roller coaster ride of a day, but that is another story for another day. I'm glad that this Thursday (he was born on a Thursday) was easy and fun. It started with us discovering that his name was in the paper under the "Have a Happy Birthday" section - Mitch's secretary Faye had put in there. He thought that was cool.

His class watched the Veteran's Day parade in town and I took cupcakes to his class for snack time. They had footballs on top to go along with his sports themed birthday party. The kids sang "Happy Birthday" to him and made Mrs. Lindsey give him a birthday "spanking". He took a bow after they sang to him! He even licked some of the icing off the cupcake.






He went to therapy at ECCEL that afternoon, and even though he only had a so-so day, his therapists love him. They all sang "Happy Birthday" to him and gave him a toy truck.

That night we had a family celebration at home. Grammy made a lemon cake and G.G. brought some delicious gormet cupcakes, so we had a little of both! He opened presents after we ate. He got a new electric toothbrush (Ainsley got one too; they both really like to use them - who would've figured that Will would?!), a learning toy for letters and writing, a new baseball tee and bat, and a Razorback jersey, pants and helmet. They were all a hit!






We had his party on Saturday. He planned to have it in a big field beside our church, but it rained so he had it in the gym instead. It was a little cold and windy to be outside anyway. Here was the invitation:


In keeping with Will's love of sports, we let them play different sports - baseball, soccer, basketball, football. It was an easy party to throw! They all played hard and seemed to have a good time.











We had Bobbie McDaniel make his cake again this year. We let him look at baseball themed cakes online and he kept picking out cakes that look like baseball fields, so that's what we went with. It was really cute, and yummy too! Even after all the other kids had finished and gotten up to play again, Ainsley sat alone (but she didn't care) - finishing her ice cream!






Will opened his presents while all the kids crowded around to watch. He got some cool toys!



We tried getting a picture of all the kids - everyone was in this picture except for Jordan, who had disappeared at the time.



It was a great party and Will is blessed by many people who care about him. We missed Guy, Julie and Shepherd (who was sick and had been in the hospital) but we're glad Shepherd is better!