The Growing Caldwell Family

 Our Labor Day was much quieter in years past due to a cousin having COVID, so the extended family stayed home to quarantine after the exposure. Those hard decisions to make and not fun for anyone. The kids love spending time with cousins and having more kids to play with in the water! We missed celebrating Maw Maw with her kids, grandkids, and great grands. We will have to do it big in 2022! We got an early start to the day and got the kids to skiing and wakeboarding! Nay and Livy showed us all a spot they found with a rope swing and a spot to swim! Sissy showed us all her new flute! She hasn't worked up to playing a song yet, but she is working hard.  We had a good time celebrating Maw Maw's birthday! She humored me and wore this fun birthday clip I got her! Sissy made her brownies and Lovie baked an apple pie! We served it up a la mode for a real treat! Sissy loves her Lovie so! Charlie made Maw Maw a sweet card.  Livy loves to write her name in cards! Sissy made Maw Maw bat

We finished off the birthday week with a video game party at our house! Sarah Graves was a big help with the decorations! Charlie was too busy enjoying his new Xbox to care about decorating! I was pretty proud of how cute this theme came together.  To make sure their was gaming for all, we set up the Switch and the Xbox on separate TVs adjoining so that the kids could all be together and go back and forth.  Landon, Charlie, Ziggy, and Olivia Landon, Charlie, Ziggy, Olivia, and John Harrison, Ziggy, Charlie, Landon, and John Harrison, Ziggy, Charlie, Olivia, Landon, and John John Charlie and Harrison Ziggy, Charlie, and Harrison Landon As expected, the boys enjoyed playing, there was much hooping and hollering, and it was really loud! I think they had a good time playing together in person and not through Facetime! Charlie chose cookie cake for his party. I made a separate small one for him to blow out the candles.  I would say it was a hit! Eli was a little late due to baseball, but he