After taking care of business at Meet the Teacher on Friday and the Kindergarten Boys Play Date on Saturday morning, we needed to live it up this weekend and get in as much fun as possible before the beginning of school. Daddy had a High School buddy golf date in the afternoon with Jason, Casey, Matt, Uncle Mike, and Pops, and they had a great time . . . but no photographic evidence. The kids invited Nana to come to the pool with us to stay cool on the hot afternoon. We had the best time splashing and swimming and having lots of silly fun. It really is our happy place!
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went to Pop Pop, and the boys were sure they wanted to do it again. (After several outtakes because a certain 3 year old can be extremely uncooperative in certain situations . . . that I warned everyone about because this was my 3rd time videoing said 3 year old doing the challenge and know how he gets when he's "supposed to do something on cue" and it usually ends up with lots of frowns and silence.) Our first official take was of Beau being silent (and defiant), and Lincoln and Pop Pop stating their challenge and dumping the ice water on their heads. It was cold! Beau didn't dump any water on his head and completely freaked out that he really wanted to do it and was so sad that it was over. As Mommy was explaining to Beau that we weren't doing it again because he was supposed to do it with Lincoln and Pop Pop, Mommy discovered that she didn't hit record on their Ice Bucket Challenge - whoops!!! Beau was super happy to have a chance to do it without his sad/mad state, and Lincoln and Pop Pop were ok with repeating the cold experience. So take two . . . (by the way, Beau only wants to call it ABS because B is for Beau, and saying ALS means he is saying L for Lincoln, see what I'm working with?!?!) Great video after all of the drama!
After our Ice Bucket Challenge, we all headed over to Shady's for dinner. We love their burgers, salads, chicken, fried pickles, and so much more. It's a great neighborhood spot! The boys worked hard on their burgers so they could get ice cream with Daddy from Sweet Firefly just a few doors down. They even got chauffeured from the ice cream shop back to the car. Man, life is good!!!
It was around 7:30 when we got home, but baths were necessary after swimming, Ice Bucket Challenging, messy burger and French fry and ketchup dinner, and messy chocolate ice cream dessert. Since we were all clean, the boys got to stay up for a while before bed. Beau chose to watch The Lego Movie, and Lincoln worked so hard to finish his 700+ Lego set that was Emmitt from the Lego Movie. He worked so hard on this one, and he was proud to show it off! He's a Master Builder at the age of 5, for sure!
We decided to have a late brunch at the club on Sunday for several reasons: they have amazing biscuits and gravy, kids get the buffet for free with waffles and omelets and tons of bacon, they have amazing biscuits and gravy, Daddy loves the breakfast tacos, they have amazing biscuits and gravy, and did I mention that the have the best biscuits and gravy?!?! Daddy met up with another member for golf, and we headed to the pool for the afternoon. Nana joined us after a while, and we finally got Lincoln to jump off the diving board. It came down to, "You have to jump off the diving board today. You can either do it right when we get there or right when we leave or anytime in between. You choose. Remember you loved jumping off the diving board at Nick's house last week, so this is the same thing." Lincoln jumped off the diving board and loved it!!! His first words after jumping off the first time, "I want to do this all the time!"
So glad we got that first one out of the way! He jumped off the diving board so many times and loved it! It's amazing that he's such a great swimmer to just swim to the ladder and get out. All of our years at Emler Swim School really matter, and he's a really confident swimmer.
Not too long after he braved the small diving board, he climbed up the ladder for the higher diving board. Love it!!!!!
After a super fun afternoon at the pool, we hit up Tom Tom and Central Market for groceries for the week. We also picked up a few goodies for a few friends. One of Lincoln's new classmates broke his arm on Saturday at the play date, and Lincoln wanted to do something sweet for him. We put together a movie and treat bucket, and Lincoln wrote him a sweet Get Well note. As Lincoln was sneaking up to their front door to leave the surprise, Canon's mom opened the door and startled him. Lincoln and Canon got to talk a little in the front yard, and Lincoln promised to help his buddy out with stuff like carrying his lunch box, helping him open his sandwich, and helping him play on the playground. They will grow so much together this year. We also put together a little surprise treat bucket for Lincoln's buddy, Nick. They were so surprised when we shared some treats with them, and it was a fun thing to do.
We made a dinner for the Robison's to freeze and use on a super busy night, and we made our own dinner of Sausage and Shells that was super delicious (and we got to freeze a portion for us to use later). The boys played with Beau's new wooden train tracks for a while, then we all got cleaned up and ready for bed. Lincoln had a special book waiting for him called The Night Before Kindergarten. He loved it, and we had a sweet time looking at it together.
So Monday morning is the first day of Kindergarten for Lincoln, and we had the best weekend enjoying the fun and lazy things that make us happy. Pictures and tears are sure to reign in the morning . . . for Mommy only. Everyone, including Mommy, is sure that Lincoln is going to be the best Kindergartner ever. Sometimes Mommies just cry and take pictures . . . we'll just need to get over the crying part and enjoy the pictures. Stay tuned!!!
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