Mondays at the Club

Lincoln got a surprise pick-up at school on Monday . . . Daddy was waiting to pick him up when school let out.  They got to have a Daddy/Linc special golf afternoon.  Lincoln even got a lesson on driving the cart!  Two cuties!  Daddy dropped Lincoln off at the indoor tennis center for his lesson right at 5:00, and they had a great time.

 Mommy picked up Beau and headed to the club to have some tennis practice too!  Beau's crazy stand up hair is hilarious, and his tennis skills are even more hilarious!  Little guy was game for the whole 90 minutes (that's how long Lincoln's lesson was), and we had lots of fun. 

Family dinner at the club was delicious  . . . and convenient!  Monday's have a new look, and we are enjoying it!

Post-Halloween Calm, Not for Us!

We slept in after our late Halloween night, then we had a full and fun Saturday planned.  Lincoln's final Ninjas soccer game was late morning.  We were all hoping for a win to finish out an undefeated season, and we did just that!!  Beau and Case have finally become friends at the end of the season, and they had fun playing with cars and a sword and trying to destroy a tree . . . crazy boys!!!!  They will likely be in the same Kindergarten room together, since Lincoln and Case's big brother (Canon) are together.  Sweet family and fun friends!

After soccer Daddy headed to work (all day and evening on a Saturday!!!), so we hit up NorthPark!  Lunch at Chick-fil-A was our first stop.   

We paid a visit to the Lego store and didn't walk away empty-handed . . . no surprise there!  We found a clown show and stopped to watch and laugh.  NorthPark never disappoints! 

A happy and huggy picture on the way out.  It was a successful trip to the mall, and the boys managed to get a cookie too! 

We played at home for a while then met Nana and Pops for burgers at Shadys!  So yummy!  It was Movie Night, and the boys were loving their sleeping bags and the new TV in the playroom.  They watched The Lego Movie and an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Happy guys! 

Sunday was busy too.  Lincoln was bouncing and ninja-ing at Crawford's birthday party, and he had a blast!!!  There were so many fun friends there, and it was great fun for boys and Moms alike! 

Lincoln and Canon posed for a sweet cheese before the cake was served.  Oh, the anticipation of cake . . .  

And the cake didn't disappoint!  Mrs. Tara did an amazing job on the Emmitt cake, and it was delicious too.  Fun birthday party! 

Lincoln worked on his new Lego set for a while, and we had a Sunday dinner of Italian Meatloaf and Parmesan Pasta and a few steamed carrots just to make it healthy.  We all cleaned our plates! 

Lincoln is signed up for Basketball starting in December, and we are working on a few basic skills . . . .like dribbling and passing . . . and we will continue to work on those . . . even though he was surprisingly quick to learn!   

Someone should be really tired at bedtime after such a fun and busy day, but someone was crafting in his room instead of sleeping.  Lincoln used a paper towel roll and his cut out hand to make an extended hand.  He was so proud! 

Ten minutes later he reappears with an extended version of his extended hand thing.  Good work! 

After another ten minutes he debuts his super ghostbuster gun grabber with a ghost "caught" by the hand and the barrel extended by a few extra paper towel rolls.  Crazy and genius!!   

Linc finally admitted that he was tired at 10:45 and went to sleep.  The fun stays up late at the Kuhlmans, and we are always entertained by inventive and unexpected crafts.  Great weekend, for sure.

Halloween 2014

Happy Halloween Day!  Lincoln and his classmates had a super fun day and posed for a funny picture before the class party!  It was crazy hair day, and Mrs. Bailey joined in the fun.  (Lincoln had asked to have his hair spray painted blue, but he chickened out at the last minute!) 

While Lincoln was in school in the morning, Beau and Mommy went for a long run with the running stroller and came home to bake 3 dozen pumpkin shaped sugar cookies . . . so yummy!  Beau went to hang out with Nana in the afternoon, and Mommy took the cookies to manage the snack table at Lincoln's class Pumpkin Party.  The kids went in small groups to the different stations at the party.  Mrs. Katrina read them a Halloween story that included the kids filling in the blanks with Halloween costume words, and Ava's Mom helped them with a pumpkin art project.  The Math table was fun because they weighed gourds and pumpkins against regular classroom items, and the kids recorded their findings on their sheet.   

Mrs. Cayce worked the Science table, and she and the kids explored so many cool things about a pumpkin.  They really enjoyed smelling it, touching it, and feeling the guts!  A few kids said, "Gross!"   

At the snack table, Peyton's Dad helped with icing the cookies.  We loaded the kids up with their favorite toppings.  It's amazing how many kids wanted M&Ms, chocolate chips, candy corn, and sprinkles on their cookie!  Yikes!  Lincoln kept saying how happy he was that his Mom was doing the cookie table!   

Linc spent a while on the playground after school with his buddies then we had a few errands to run.  Nothing too much fun . . . a stop at Discount Tire to get air, a Sonic run for a chicken snack (since we would be eating dinner after trick or treating), and a visit to Target for a birthday gift for Crawford.  Pops brought Beau back home to have a pretzel and cheese snack, and we all got ready to trick or treat.  We all walked up to Bowie to meet friends, and it was a lively group!  Four Queen Elsas and one Anna (from Frozen), lots of Ninjas and Ninja Turtles, several football players, and a few super heroes and monsters.   

When it was time to trick or treat, this crew ran like wild!!!!  Lincoln was keeping up with the bigger kids and sprinting from house to house.   

Beau was running like mad to keep up, and his determined attitude was in full force.   

About half way down the first street, we had a group meeting to discuss some ground rules.  No one was allowed to be three houses away from the group, and every one had to wait for the littles when we got to the end of the street.  Good rules!  The parents kind of split up to monitor the fast/middle/slow groups. 

The strategy worked for a few streets.  The kids were all amazed when they came upon some "maybe live" statues of angels.  A few kids were brave enough to touch them (Lincoln was one), and the girls giggled a little.   

Beau was a little behind Lincoln and raced to catch up . . . those legs got a full workout!  Sweet guy never missed a house and always kept Lincoln in his sights.   

After about an hour, we broke off from the crew (as Lincoln called it) with a smaller group.  It was a lot less stressful to just hang with Canon's and Crawford's families.  The boys loved wearing their glow necklaces once it got dark, and it made it easy to spot them! 

We ran into Jackson's family and Griffin's family soon, and we had a fun party stop at a house with a DJ out front.  After 2 full hours of trick or treating, we decided to head home.  The boys had walked about 2 miles, and they were looking like it!  Beau's costume (with added weird Batman cape) was falling off, and Lincoln was down a mask, turtle shell, and sword.  Mommy was carrying the candy buckets because they were full and heavy.  The boys were a little weary but full of fun stories! 

The boys got all cleaned up while Daddy went to pick up dinner (Cane's for them, and Manny's for us), and we had a semi-quiet dinner.  We pulled out the sleeping bags and turned on It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown at about 9:00.  We could have taken bets on how many minutes the kids would last through the movie after all of the walking they did, but they showed us all.  They weren't even tired after the movie and asked to watch an episode of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle video that Aunt Marte gave them in their Halloween basket.  Instead of carrying two sleeping boys to bed around 9:30 (like I had assumed would happen), two semi-sleepy boys got tucked in at 11:00!!!!!  How are they not tired?!?!  They only got two pieces of the hundreds of candies in their buckets!  Hopefully, everyone gets plenty of rest after such a fun day.  Mommy and Daddy really enjoyed visiting with the parents, and it was a really great group of trick or treaters.  Halloween 2014 was celebrated for several weeks, and it was fun all the way! 

Red Ribbon Week, BOO-ing, and Spooktakular at Canyon Creek

This week is crazy busy with lots of crazy fun!  It's Red Ribbon week in Kindergarten, and we all are happy to say No to drugs!  Most importantly to Lincoln is that he gets to wear fun things all week.  Monday was Wear Red, and he wore his Bowie red shirt (like he does every Friday!).  Tuesday was Camo Day, and Bubbles got him a cool pair of camo pants.  The school also made a lesson about caring for our troops who wear camo, and we donated toiletries (shampoo, soap, toothpaste, etc) to send to the soldiers.  Cheesing before school with a happy little brother!

Of course, Lincoln loved his art project for the night.  He made a holographic owl, and he was so proud! 

Wednesday was 50s day, and he was going to wear a Grease (the movie) inspired black t-shirt with the T-Birds logo.  Apparently iron on transfers got the best of Mommy because the t-shirt was an epic fail!  How hard is it to iron on letters?!?!  Crafty Mom card has been pulled!  We went with a white t-shirt with the sleeves rolled up with black pants.  He was fine with it, and Beau loved posing for another early morning pic! No wardrobe issues with Beau because he was loving the Ninja Turtles shirt and favorite shorts!

We got BOO-ed this week, and the boys loved it!!!!  Our BOO package contained gummy bears, a light up necklace, lots of Halloween stickers, jelly beans, and a fun ghost poem.  The poem instructed us to BOO two other neighborhood friends, so we got our BOO packages together to deliver.  The packages consisted of suckers, tattoos, pretzels, popcorn, and Scooby gummies.  We had so much fun sneaking up on our friends' houses to BOO them!  A few of our soccer team friends had their BOO ghost taped on their door, so we couldn't BOO them again.  We found two friends without BOO ghosts and did our best to sneak to the door, leave our treat, ring the bell, and race to the car before they could see us.  The boys had the most fun ever!!!!!!  Can we do this for every holiday?  Or just for random days of the week?  Seriously, it was the best fun ever! 

We were ready for Spooktakular at the Club on Thursday night!  The boys had to strike their best Ninja poses on the way in.  Crazy guys! 

There were tons of fun decorations, and a few crafts to do right away.  We enjoyed the buffet and got busy with the cupcake walk.  Serious cupcake walkers!!! 

The Costume Contest was a big hit . . . the DJ and Head Chef were in charge of handing out trophies.  A sweet baby girl "chick" won the girls award, and there was a little competition for the boys award.  It was between a pose-striking Leonardo (Lincoln) and a cute SWAT team kid.  The DJ decided a dance-off between the two would decide the best costume award, and he started up the "Happy" song.  Lincoln immediately began to dance like crazy, and he was awarded the trophy right away!  "This is best trophy ever, Mom!"  He danced the night away with his special trophy.   

Beau didn't walk away empty-handed . . . he won a cupcake in the cupcake walk!  They are still debating over who's win was more important/special/meaningful/lasting/etc/andonandonandon!  This cute family went for a spooky hayride through the golf course, and it was super fun!  There were spooky skeletons, flashing lights, and ghosts in trees, and Beau desperately searched for gob-o-lins.  Best hayride ever!  (Until next year!) 

One of the best "real" pictures of us in a while.  We have had a super fun week for sure.  There isn't anyone better to do life with than these guys. 

Busy Week, Fun Weekend

So much fun this week . . . it was crazy busy, but crazy fun!  Lincoln and Beau got new Komen shirts.  They were in heaven!  They totally love Komen shirts, and Mommy got the hook-up on a few international RFTC kids shirts.  Happy guys!

Beau was super clean, super cute, and super excited for bedtime prayers on Wednesday night.  When he's not a holy terror, he's a sweet angel! 

Lincoln was soooooo proud of the owl he made at school and needed a picture with "Hootie Lincoln."  His "friend" is living on the dresser in a prime spot for a while! 

Minnie and Bubbles came to visit on Friday after school, and the boys were so exited!  Love Minnie and Lincoln hugging when they got here! 

They brought the boys a couple of pumpkins to decorate, and Mommy brought out the glow in the dark spray paint.  We taped triangle eyes and nose and a snaggle-tooth smile, then we got busy spraying.  Linc and Bubbles worked together. 

Of course, Beau didn't need any help and sprayed away! 

The spraying helpers turned into climbers and Bubbles had to finish the job with a couple of monkeys on his back!  (I bet he loved it though!!!)  It would be great to report that the glow in the dark painted pumpkins looked awesome . . . but they didn't!  Apparently the spray paint Mommy got wasn't so great!  At least we had fun! 

We met up with Nana and Pops and our usual group for dinner on Friday night, and it was fun as usual.  Saturday morning was lots of playing, or actually lots of bossing!  The boys bossed Minnie and Bubbles all morning about what games to play, what books to read, etc.  They were all happy!  Lincoln soccer game in the afternoon was warm and fun.  Beau recruited Katie to race cars on the bleacher.  Katie is such a fun player!   

Lincoln had an awesome soccer game.  He usually prefers to play in the goalie position, but Coach Billy had him more on offense in this game.  He worked so hard to hustle and always be in the action.  He scored an awesome goal, and we all cheered so much!  (Seriously, every parent on our team was totally thrilled for hard-working Lincoln to get a goal!!!!)  He ran through the end game "parent-tunnel" with so much joy!  So proud of Lincoln! 

We had a shopping plan for Saturday afternoon, but we ended up at the church Trunk or Treat.  It should be noted that it was 90 degrees on 10-25-14, and that is a little warm to be in full Halloween costumes.  The boys were determined to wear them, so whatever!  The had to strike a Ninja pose! 

We hit up all of the trunks to get candy, and then we had to pose with the Pumpkin Head man.   A little creepy, but they were all for it.  Lincoln was hard core about leaving his Leonardo mask on! 

Once we got to the games, we convinced Linc to take his mask off so he could actually see what he was doing.  The boys had so much fun with the games. Golf was easy for them! 

They were also pretty good at fishing! 

We hit up the bounce house and bounce slide before we left.  We really enjoyed having Minnie and Bubbles with us for a fun Saturday.  We had a yummy dinner at Manny's and thought everyone would be tired from the busy day . . . not so much!  The boys settled down to watch a movie at 8:30, and they were still up at 11:00!!!!  Mommy was teaching Lincoln's Sunday School, and the kids loved the story from Ms. Jeanette.  We learned about the Ten Commandments.   

We had brunch at the club with Minnie and Bubbles before they headed back to Arkansas.  We were definitely missing Allyson because we haven't seen her in ages!!  She had a busy school schedule and now busy work schedule.  She had taken on work to make sure she didn't miss trip . . . then she was diagnosed with Mono on Thursday.  We are praying for her to get better soon.  See you next time, Ally!  Lincoln's soccer team had the end of season party at Bowie on Sunday afternoon with a Sno-Cone truck!  It was the perfect afternoon for playing on the playground with friends and enjoying a fun treat!  The Ninjas teammates joined by their little siblings made for a super fun table!

Lincoln loved when Coach Simon presented him with his trophy!  The boys all discussed how they haven't lost a game yet, so they can't lose the (rained out) make-up game next Saturday.  They really want to end the season undefeated! 

The kids all ran to play for a while, and they had fun on the playground and playing soccer against Coach Billy and Coach Simon.  Beau decided he wanted a second Sno-Cone, and he sat in solitude and worked on that treat for so long.  Love that he does his own thing that makes him happy! 

After the soccer team party ended, Daddy and Lincoln went to play golf at the club.  Beau and Mommy hit up Tom Tom and Central Market for groceries for the week.  Dinner was Baked Penne, and we all made happy plates!  It was a great weekend!  We loved having Minnie and Bubbles visit, and we had fun with our regularly scheduled activities and adding a few unexpected events.  Happy Weekend!