End of the Kindergarten Week

Crazy shot from after swimming lessons on Wednesday night.  Mommy is super cool about ice cream in the car!!!  And how happy is Lincoln?!?!

One more picture of Lincoln ready for Kindergarten at his table on Thursday morning.  So happy!! 

On Thursday evening, the boys got a package from Auntie.  They love their weekly package from Auntie, and she always sends the coolest things.  This week's package was biscotti cookies and bubbles with silly bubble blowers.  We headed outside right away to try them out!  Thanks Auntie. 

Beau spent the day solo with Nana, and they couldn't wait to pick up Lincoln from school.  Lincoln had received a "purple" for Friday, and that meant he got to choose a treat from the special treasure box. 

Daddy had some weekend golf tournament business to attend to at the club, so we donned our swimsuits and went for a swim.  After 20 minutes, we had a thunder alert.  Thirty minutes is a long time to wait to re-enter the pool, so we headed to the dining patio to order dinner before we went back to swim.  One nameless Kindergartner got a little impatient and had a few meltdowns that kind of got a little severe . . . time for consequences.  Beau got to enjoy an ice cream treat, but Lincoln didn't.  That was hard on him. 

Beau also got to enjoy another dip in the pool, but Lincoln didn't.  That was also hard on him.  Beau kind of rubbed it in . . . sorry, not sorry. 

Lincoln has had a very busy week and handled the adjustment to Kindergarten remarkably well.  He has not had the same respect outside of Kindergarten for his parents on occasion.  One of the hardest parts of parenting is disciplining, and we had to do that tonight.  Lincoln displayed disrespectful behavior at dinner and wasn't allowed an ice cream treat after dinner or more time in the pool.  His reaction after that earned him a ticket straight to a shower and bed.  Poor little guy was fast asleep in less than 30 minutes.  We had a lot of talks bout why he was being punished . . . I'm not sure who it hurt more!!!  Lincoln is the sweetest and most amazing little guy in the world, but occasionally the worst comes out.  He suffered some serious consequences and was really sad, but he was asleep within 30 minutes of his early bedtime.  He was just really tired from his first week on Kindergarten.  Sweet boy will return to his sweet self in no time.