Happy Birthday Willem!

Willem with his new goalie outfit!

Willem turned six today! Our boy was up very early (before 7:00) wanting to open gifts and by 7:45 he was jumping on Cade's and Gabrielle's beds saying 'It's my birthday'! After opening a couple of gifts (soccer jersey and goalie gloves), we headed out for McDonalds pancakes (his favorite!) and then a trip to the Cat store and then the John Deere store. Will picked out a toy tractor with a wagon. We then met our friends, Chris, Boston and Sydney at Chuck-E-Cheese for games and fun. This evening it was off to Grandma and Grandpa's for DQ ice cream and more gifts. It's good to be 6!

Here's a bit about Willem at six....
-Willem is pretty much all about farm/dairy and soccer. Those things consume pretty much all his time, thoughts and conversation!
- Willem still loves to go on the internet and look at farm/harvest videos, farm toys, etc.
- The only 'books' Willem 'reads' are farm/dairy/lego/playmobil catalogues and farm/dairy magazines. He goes through the farm and construction classified ads and circles the pictures of everything he wants to buy for the dairy and/or when he gets older.
- Willem loves to go outside (or in our hall) and play soccer (for hours) with his brother. They mostly take shots on each other and also play mini-games. The games often end in a fight but then begin again a few minutes later! He knows about all the premier league teams, their jerseys and a lot of the players. He is really into playing goalie lately.
- Math comes easy to Willem. He can add and subtract two digit numbers in his head and likes to figure out problems. He is less interested in reading; he does know his letters and sounds but can't really read yet.
- Willem still loves to be funny and often cracks us up with the things he says like this morning when he and I were talking to Genevieve about Willem being 6 now, he said in a joking way, "your lagging behind now sis" (as in I am one year older now and you are not).
- Willem can play for hours on his own and loves his dairy in the backyard and in the playroom. He will often go out there and play and play.
- Willem likes to watch the TV shows Barnyard, Penguins of Madagascar, Extreme Logging, Ice Truckers and soccer games.
- Willem's best buddies are his bro, Cade, and school friends, Jackson, Treysn, Ben, Hayden (any many more!).
- Willem continues to be easy-going and just a lot of fun to be around though he is pretty his competitive and will get frustrated when Cade doesn't let him win once in a while! He doesn't get in trouble much though sometimes when he does, he thinks it's a joke at first until we make it very clear it is not :)
- Height: 49.25 inches
- Weight: 55 lbs

We Love Our Sweet, Smart Willem!

playing in his new clothes

At the John Deere store

Craziness at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Grandpa with Genevieve

Grandma and Nev

Just a sweet picture of Genevieve