The President's Day Holiday is a favorite because who doesn't love a day off work on a Monday! Kindergarten was closed for the holiday, so Lincoln was home and Beau got to stay home too. Instead of it being just us, we offered to keep Lincoln's bestie, Nick, so he didn't have to go to all day PACE. Nick arrived around 8:30, and we started our morning with a few fun board games. Operation, Head Bandz, and Eye Spy were super fun.
Nick's mom sent a super fun craft for us to do . . . marshmallow shooters! We cut off the end of a plastic cup, tied a balloon then cut off the end of it and wrapped it around the lip of the cup. The boys could load marshmallows and pull back on the tied end of the balloon and shoot them out of the cup! It was super fun!!!!
Lincoln and Nick were so nice to Beau and included him in each activity. Beau's best day ever!!!! At one point, Lincoln donned a target and had Nick and Beau try to shoot him while moving around like crazy. Marshmallow shooting was the best!
Before lunch, the boys all found costumes to wear and fought some super bad guys around the house. We were super safe, thankfully!
We had a picnic in the living room because the weather had turned to freezing overnight. Everyone enjoyed their lunch, and we played the "favorites" game. What is your favorite book? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite craft? Lots of discussion during lunch! After lunch, the boys built a fort and played Guard of the Castle. Beau loved being the guard the most, and Linc and Nick loved being the guys trying to invade the castle. This game was awesome. It was time to take a break for a 30 minute cartoon session under the fort. Everyone needed a little rest.
We had a little more craft time with paper towel rolls, Ninja Turtle duck tape, and google eyes. The boys made paper towel people, and they loved the guys they made! Oh, and Beau was still in costume mode, and he changed costumes at leas 4 times. Linc and Nick were back to regular clothes, but we love Beau for being so silly!
We did some school work in the afternoon. Lincoln had made some homework sheets for the boys to do. A few math problems, a few tic tac toe boards, and a maze. Once they finished those, Mommy had three sheets of sight words and a reader book for each of them to complete. They earned PEZ candies for their hard work, and they were super smart.
It was a great day, and we all had fun. Definitely the busiest President's Day, but everyone was on their best behavior and enjoyed the day together. Nick is invited back any time, and we need to remember that he is the best "hider" when we play a last minute game of "hide and seek". Seriously, he's a great hider. Love having friends over!
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