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Happy 7 Wil

July 30, 2018 by Woznation

Wil has lost 4 teeth this year (with #5 dropping any day!!). I’m still the worst tooth fairy on the block. With the last tooth — I remembered at 6am and tried to sneak in to do the exchange but Wil was already up and sad. I snuck around the side of his bed and dropped the dollar on the ground and made him ‘look a little bit harder’ for his surprise. Then had to make up a story about why the tooth fairy sometimes leaves the tooth behind since I obviously couldnt grab that in plain sight. I swear for the next tooth — I’ll get it right.

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I forget how Wil got into magic tricks (probably youtube)– but I finally signed him up for a legit ‘magic class’ through the parks department in May and he was all about it! He learned a few card tricks and got a few small ‘disappearing’ tricks to take home. For his birthday, I purchased a few more for him (which was a hilarious exchange — I had to meet the magician at a random location before one of his other gigs, cash only. It was a weird google reminder.) Anyway, he goes back for his second class in August. He loves doing magic tricks for guests — but cant NOT tell people how its done, haha. I’ll try to post a video of him soon. Hes quite the entertainer. But terrible at keeping secrets.

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Wil is still the silliest of the bunch. Throughout the school year we continued to get calls and have meetings about the best way to channel Wil’s energy and how to keep him focused (and not bothering others). Hes getting better with coping strategies and doing great with academics. Hes even trying theater this summer to act out his silliness. I wouldnt change a thing about him — We just need to focus that social excitement!

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Wil is so interested in learning these days!! Its like he unlocked a secret super-power. He loves doing new things: math, science, building, reading, everything! Hes reading books by himself (or to Zev). Hes constantly asking me for math problems to do in the car. And for his birthday he got a 800-piece Lego set that he put together within days (was really hoping it would last longer as an activity, ha!). Now we’re onto learning to tie shoes which he is super pumped about.

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Wil has also made huge stride in physical activities. Last year he was terrified of the two-wheeler and swimming but this year he was the most outgoing in his swim class and so-so-close to riding the bike on his own. We tried a few different sports — but he seems most interested in golf! I love to see him so confident and excited about things.

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Wil was obsessed with venus fly traps for like an entire year — but they only sell them a few times a year and missed them last year. I called around and was so excited when they were finally in stock. However — I was completely expecting like one tiny little plant — so I even got Evie excited about getting one and thought Id be Mom-of-the-year by taking a trip to the garden store and buying my kids a dinky little plant. When we got there I learned these plants are very high maintenance. They need special water and special care and were like $23 a piece!!! Jeez-o-pete. But since I made a big stink about them, we had to buy two and Ive been trying my darndest to keep them alive. But its not going well. (PS, in the picture below we tried to feed it a dead fly — you’re NOT supposed to do that….oops).

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For Wil’s birthday it was just the fam and great weather — so we packed up and went to the Lake Zurich beach in the morning. Then did presents and cake after nap. And finished the day at Chuck-E-Cheese! It was a great day to be 7.