Beau is 3!

Beau is 3 years old!!!  We began the celebration on Friday morning with a stop at the Donut Shop for a delicious breakfast.  Beau picked a blue sprinkle donut, two donut holes, and a "hot dog" for his special treat.  (Lincoln chose a chocolate sprinkle donut and donut holes.)  It seemed like a lot compared to a usual breakfast (like a cereal bar and banana), but they had eaten every single bite by the time we got to school.  Fun way to start the day!

After school we gathered in Daddy's office to open a few presents for the birthday boy.  Lincoln had been very insistent that he needed to shop for a present without Beau being there, so Nana, Pops, and Aunt Carolyn came to hang with Beau while we shopped on Thursday evening.  He also helped with the wrapping and name tags.  Of course, the gift from Lincoln was opened first, and Beau loved his Captain America guy.  He also opened gifts from Mom and Dad, Patsy, and Auntie, and he got some really great stuff.  He modeled his new Spiderman sunglasses right away and looked too cool! 

I think every single thing was Superhero related: glasses, clothes, bubble stuff, action figures, and much more.  Beau was "cheesing" with his Captain America! 

We celebrated in the evening at Anamia's, and it was delicious as usual.  Everyone (Nana, Pops, Carolyn, sang Happy Birthday to Beau before we enjoyed our cupcakes.  Beau really savors each bite and takes cupcake eating very seriously.  Linc was happy with his choice of chocolate as well.  Baby Jackson (do we need to stop calling him Baby?) had fun at our little dinner party, and he looked cute in his hat.  Beau was insistent that he would not wear a party hat, but most of us were happy to.  He got to take a few gifts home from Nana, Pops and Carolyn that they had lots of fun with. We played with the Robisons until bedtime, and it was a great evening. 

What all can be said about Beau Thomas Kuhlman as he turns 3?  He is completely amazing in every way, of course!  He is very sweet and gives the squishiest hugs.  He absolutely adores his big brother and keeps up with everything Lincoln comes up with.  They have so much fun playing together, and Beau's wild imagination is mostly thanks to Lincoln.  He loves to make a stand/store of any kind . . . he can cook the best pretend burgers and fries (but he charges $50!), he can make the best pretend pizza at his station, and his pretend snow cones come in many flavors.  He is super smart and loves to learn new things.  It's sometimes unbelievable that his vocabulary is so large, and people everywhere are shocked when they learn his age.  He is even able to think of a word that begins with any given letter.  We play this game a lot to support Lincoln's classroom lessons, and Beau has really learned to take the letter's sound and come up with a word that begins with that same sound.  Beau can be the silliest little guy, and he knows when to turn it on.  I love his silly voices and crazy made-up knock knock jokes.  He is VERY into Superhero stuff right now, as his birthday gifts showed.  He also loves to watch movies in his rest time (on the weekends), and his favorites are Despicable Me and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.  This is the only time of the day that he is still!  Since day 1, Beau has been a great eater, and that hasn't changed.  He's always up for a snack (like 5 times a day!), and it seems that crackers with slices of cheddar, Oreos, and pretzels are his top snacks these days.  He and his Daddy love to hit up the candy dish, and any season Reese's cup is the winner!  (We currently have Reese's eggs.)  Beau's favorite dinners are spaghetti, grilled pork chops, chicken and cheese quesadillas, grilled chicken, and little hamburger sliders, and he loves to pick a different fruit to go along with dinner each night.  He always eats his veggies without a fight:  steamed broccoli, green beans, or carrots!   Beau has really become a great swimmer lately, and he's quite the gymnast too.  He moved up to the 3 year old room at school last week, and he loves it!  Those new 2 year olds in his old room were just too young for him to play with.  He has been reunited with his bestie (that moved up earlier this year) and that's been exciting!  He already loves his teachers (Lincoln's old one from that class) and playing with kids that are more on his level.  Beau can definitely be feisty, and he is very sure of his opinions.  Daddy says they share the same personality, and that seems pretty correct.  He doesn't get bullied or pushed aside, and his confidence is through the roof.  Sometimes that makes it hard for him to be told what to do because he has his own ideas!  Overall, he is still the sweetest, smartest, sassiest, super-est guy I know!  Happy Birthday to the best Beau ever!