On Thursday, he went to Cub Scouts for the first time. He is already working on his Bobcat and hopes to get it at his first Pack Meeting after Christmas. He had a great time!
Friday, William had his 8th birthday. He opened his presents from us before school on Friday.
We gave him a coin collecting book, Season 3 of Star Wars - The Clone Wars on DVD, and the new Lego Harry Potter game. He also recieved birthday money from Grandma on Friday. That night, we went out to dinner and bowling for his birthday. I bought two games for all six of us to bowl and, I have to say, one would have been plenty. We aren't very good and it took forever! But the kids had fun.
On Saturday, William was baptized. It was a great day! We are so proud of him for following Jesus' example and being baptized. He was really nervous about getting baptized, mainly because he doesn't like getting his face wet! I have teased Jay for weeks that he needed to get the baptism prayer right so he didn't have to do the whole thing twice. So what happened? He did the prayer fine, but forgot to say Amen before he dunked William. For a split second I worried that William would freak out but he didn't - he trusted his dad and was baptized a second time, this time including the Amen! Poor kid, but he sure handled it well. He later told us that it "wasn't as bad" as he thought it would be. I think he had a lot of people praying for him!
After his baptism, we had a fun lunch for our family who traveled to be with us on William's special day. We had his birthday cake and he opened some more presents - he got a fun game, some Lego's and some more birthday money. Later that day, we went shopping and he was able to buy two big Lego sets - Star Wars and Harry Potter - with the money that he was given and had saved. He now has quite the collection and is already planning on saving for more!
All in all, he had a great weekend dedicated to all things William. He is a great kid and we love him so much!
1 comment:
I kind of like him too!
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