Will's 3rd Birthday

Will was so excited to have a birthday.  Grandma asked what kind of cake he wanted.  Will said, "I want a cake with candles!"  I said, "No what kind; chocolate or vanilla?  He replied, "Candles and chocolate."

He loved opening his presents. He wanted to play with every one.  We had to keep redirecting him to stop playing and to open more.  He was having so much fun.  Earlier in the day he and I went out to pick out birthday balloons.  They have been a huge hit as well.

...and Will is not wearing a new shirt.  He wanted to wear the stickers from his new clothes that Grandma and Papa and Aunt Sue and Uncle Tim gave him. 

Grandma made will an awesome pirate cake!

I have him blowing out the candles on video.

How many kids are having a birthday?

Spiderman!

blowing out the candle

cool new hoodie

a new monkey!!

Monkey swinging with Will.

awesome frog card from Aunt Sue and Uncle Tim!

showing Aunt Chelle and Cousin Jakob his new toys

We love Skype!

Oh Deer!

Yesterday we saw a momma deer and her baby eating in the backyard.  We started off looking at them upstairs but the baby was under the deck.  So Will and I quietly went downstairs to see them.  Baby looked at us and was super curious about Will.  He walked right over to the window.  Will was quiet for half a minute.  But when the baby licked it's lips, Will freaked out with excitement and scared him away a little.  Then baby just hung out by Tiki Pete for awhile.

Doug called for us to pick him up.  So we left the house for about 10 minutes.  When we came back the baby was nibbling on our bushes close to our front door.  We scared them off when we got out of the car.  It was so fun to watch them!!

Our 320th trip to the zoo. Sky Tram!

who doesn't love game night?

Will as a pirate in Peter Pan

Will's school started to do performances this year.  The kids are fun to watch.  This summer they performed Peter Pan.  Will had a fun walk on role as a pirate.  He told grandpa not to take photos but of course we did.  How cute is he in his pirate gear!

Louis at Camp

Louis getting ready to bat.  Counselor Emma

Louis had a really great hit that I got on video.

Outfielder

New friend Logan at bat.

Fuzzy Bunnies camp counselors

This year Louis attended an awesome summer camp.  The counselor ratio was 1 counselor for every 2 kids.  They learned 4 sports over the summer, had special Fun Fridays and amazed us all with an awesome skit that they wrote and performed for all of the parents on the last day.  Louis was in group 2.  On the first day they named themselves the Fuzzy Bunnies.  Somehow I think the two young girls in their group maybe inspired that name.  Louis made some friends.  He came home talking the most about Logan and Will. 

July 4th with Cristine and Renae

Will loved spending the morning with Renae.   We were really lucky.  It wasn't hot and there weren't a lot of people.  We even got to see the baby chimpanzee and the baby gorilla.  What a fun day.  Plus Will road the sky tram for the first time.  Now it is one of his favorite things to do at the zoo.