5 year old Will

On Monday, my sweet Will turned 5.  It made me a little teary eyed when I went to pick him up from preschool for the last time because it has been so much fun having him home and being able to just go do whatever we wanted each day.  Whether it was a pajama day, slurpee day or play at the park day, we always have fun.  Some of my favorite things about this boy are:

How he worries about our poor old pup and makes sure Festus is taken care of.

The entertaining big brother that he is.  He is pushing Cora around the house in this picture.  She adores him and loves to imitate everything he does.  

His love for animals.  Jeremy found this baby bunny in Festus' mouth, Will kissed it better (then Jeremy pulled a tick off of it, yuck!) and made sure we found its way home under our deck with its family.

How much like his dad he is.  They are such good buddies, Will will even go downstairs and draw or play on his skateboard in the basement just to be by Dad while he studies.

How excited he gets about everything.  The palpable excitement makes life so much fun.

I love his imagination.  He comes up with the best stories and we always are on some sort of mission.

Happy birthday buddy, I sure love you.