Will's Sixth Birthday

Today Will turned six. He's had a big week, and the the nadir of the week was a nasty ear infection. But the doctor took one look at him and said "do you know amoxicillin?" and Rob told him that they had a wing named in our honor at the Amoxicillin Hall of Fame. The entire experience was worth it for the conversation they had on the way home.

Will wanted to know what a building by our house was for and Rob explained that it was a radio station where rock bands come to record their songs. Will said he wanted to have a rock band, and decided to call it either "North Gothic Tractors" or "Bumzookas". Right on track developmentally, no?
On Saturday we went to the zoo and brought Will's friend Roman with us. Roman was funny and delightful and just like Will, only German. They chased each other around yelling for each other, and so if we lost them, we'd listen above the barking seals for Roman's calls of "Villiam! Villiam! Wo bist Du?" Here the kids are in the petting zoo with a small goat. Going to the Berlin Zoo for your birthday is getting to be a family tradition. Maddie has had two birthdays there, and now Will's had one.
The zoo continues to get high marks for well-adjusted animals. With the colder weather, a lot of them had come inside, and others were more active. The monkeys were all eating and swinging and having food fights, the lions and leopards were pacing, and the seals were swimming all over and barking. Nobody was more personable than these two river otters. They saw us and came right up to the edge to say hello and squeak, frisked around and threw a pebble up in the air.
We had lunch at the restaurant. When we asked what the kids wanted to eat, Will said "bratwurst with pommes!" and Roman and Maddie said "bratwurst with pommes!" and Sebastian said "bratwurst with Thomas!"
Sunday afternoon we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Now we are all sugared up.

Will got clothes and books and a DVD and a LeapPad with some workbooks. Now he is playing and Sebastian is crying (but what else is a sibling's birthday for?).

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Darlene said…
I think your kids are beautiful.
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