Willik is 8

As of Sunday, our first born, Willik, is 8.  Happy birthday Willik!!

I can’t believe how big he’s getting.

He’s had a great year, and has transitioned very well.  He enjoys the new house, especially the backyard, and will soon be enjoying the much desired tree house, as Fab is getting read to build it.

He has made friends easily, done a superb job with school, ace-ing everything on the report cards.  He played soccer this spring and had a great time getting back into it.  He’s very tall, loves to smile, and still will read anyone under the table.  (Just this evening, he started and finished a whole book, Magic Tree House’s Christmas in Camelot)  He retains all kinds of trivia, and continually wants to share it with all with us.  He will talk to anyone who will listen.

He is extremely generous and sensitive, very much a perfectionist, and has grown a lot emotionally and spiritually.

He had a great birthday, which ended with me making a cake I’d never made before.  Carrot cake with tart chocolate ganache icing.  This was Willik’s request(it’s my mom’s recipe) and it turned out yummy.  He took a version of these as cupcakes, as a treat to celebrate his birthday at school.