Happy Birthday William

William is 4!

yes zac just ate some of the cake. He is trying to look innocent and Will is giving him the what are you doing look.

Mr. William,

• I named you after Fitzwilliam Darcy, thank me later for dropping the fitz and don't tell your father he thinks it was William the conquer/William Wallace/Prince William etc.
• You can identify a Porsche, Skyline, Corvette and Lamborghini but have trouble with your colours.
• you are forever asking "where does that come from" and my most common answer ends with "and then we buy it at a shop.
• You tell Zac what to say so you can have the conversation with him that you want to.
• You are a very kind hearted boy
• You love to run, jump and wrestle
• Your favourite game is "Monsters" which involves announcing you are Ironman/Spiderman/Astroboy/Super William/Batman and jumping on Dad.
• You still say Computer with a french accent
• You are really good at playing Forza2 motorsport on Xbox.
• You love to read the scriptures - my favourite scripture of yours is "Jesus died and said be kind"
• You love dinosaurs, cars, sharks, crocodiles and motorbikes
• At bedtime you sing Jesus said love everyone and I love to see the temple almost every night.
• You ask me nearly everyday when we are going to the aquarium again. I say not today. You say Oh my grandpa will take me.
• You are a great big brother and always look out for Zac.
• Whenever we leave the YMCA you like to hold the door open for everyone until there is no one left in the hallway.
• I love it when you are trying to convince me to do/get something and you smile, raise your eyebrows and start nodding and say that's a good idea mum.

End of Soccer

Today was Williams last Soccer game. I think he kicked the ball maybe 3 times and still hasn't got the concept of which goal to score in but he did get a trophy. I thought he'd be really proud of the trophy since we have never had anything like it before but all he wanted was his after game snacks. Then after the snacks were eaten he was excited about his trophy.

Will in action

Will and his Coach

Sweet Trophy!

Halloween Party

I didn't grow up celebrating Halloween and never thought my kids would ever celebrate it but since we are in America I figured we should go to the Trunk or Treat ward activity. I have to admit that I wasn't very excited about bringing home all that candy, having to try and stop the boys (or me) from eating it all, and dressing up just seems like a lot of work (too many ballet recitals?) So you can imagine my delight when our awesome friends decided to throw a Halloween party! It was perfect! yummy Halloween treats, fun Halloween games and lots of friends to play with.

William went dressed as a fireman and Zac was McQueen. I didn't manage to get a picture of them in the costumes because it got too hot for Will to keep his on and Zac didn't love running around inside McQueen. The boys and I had heaps of fun. Best Halloween ever!

I'm not quite sure whats going to happen when the boys realize they have been missing out on trick or treating and free candy for all these years.

uh this was the best picture I could get for a group mostly 5 and under

Will asked me multiple times for a light saber and I'm pretty sure Zac thinks that K&S are the real Woody and Jesse.

Oil Ranch

This year we went to the Oil Ranch with some friends from the ward. The Oil Ranch is a city kids farming fantasy land. You can ride trains/tractors/haybails/horses, they have animals that you can touch! an Indian village, pumpkin patch, jumping castles, playgrounds, petting zoos and mazes. (Thank you Jillian for taking pictures!)

Married

Mummy Rule #6
You can eat on the couch when you are married.

Me: Hey Will are you going to get married?
Will: Pfffft. Yes.
Me: Where?
Will: In the temple. Then I can sit on the couch all day.

Going to the Zoo

We have been going to the zoo lately since the weather has been so nice. William loves the jaguars, Isaac wants to pet everything and both of them like fake elephants.



While I was looking at this

see how cute the baby elephant is?

I turned around to find this

no interest in watching the real elephants.

and we haven't been to see the dinosaurs at the zoo yet

(which happened to be on my summer to do list)(this is the only dinosaur you don't have to pay to see)

New Big Boy Beds

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Berensen Will and Zac are now the proud owners of big boy beds complete with drawers underneath. And thanks to Grandma Gordon Williams bed looks fabulous with his new quilt.