Soccer

Our little soccer player!

Will's team is called Impact - though everyone usually just calls them the yellow team.  Will is sitting on the bench, farthest kid to the right.  Will's classmate, Maeve, is not the little girl sitting next to him, but the next one over with the curly red hair.  They spent a lot of time holding hands before & after practice.  Will's friend from church, Jaret, is on the ground all the way to the left.  They had fun being on the same team.  Will got to wear the #4 jersey just like he did in tee-ball.  Maybe we'll try to stick with it.  :)

Kindergarten

I can't believe my baby is a big Kindergartener already!  This is Will's first day of school.  He has to wear red, white, or blue shirts every day as part of the school's dress code which is no problem for him, since his favorite color is red!  He goes to Charter Oak Primary School and his teacher's name is Mrs. Mahrt.  We like her very much and she is already very fond of Will!  Here's will checking out his Bobcat paw-print necklace.  It helps get him from his bus to the correct classroom in the morning, and from his classroom to the right bus at the end of the day.

We're getting ready to walk to the bus stop together.  It's just down the street from us, so John is still in his jammies.

So excited!

Here comes the bus:

He was so excited, he didn't even turn around and say goodbye!  Mom got a little misty on the walk home, but Will was totally fine!

"The new journey begins August 20" - you got that right!

Here's his official school picture from a few weeks later (and after a haircut too):