The Growing Caldwell Family

Sissy easily got into the groove of high school enjoying fun with new friends and old! Dinner at youth with her friend Chloe.  A day off school for a hurricane and Sissy got busy baking. Sarah Graves and I joined a group for mothers and daughters to get together for community service projects. We went to a retirement community and made fall door decorations with them. Lovie joined us for the afternoon! Fun night at a church dinner.  Fall band concert.  Whitefield has a theater for performances and what a difference that makes! 9th grade! We had a free Saturday and were able to get the family together for an escape room! Definitely more fun when you get out in time! Sis had a fun time on a church retreat in South Carolina.

Halloween was a little different this year. Charlie and I came down with a respiratory infection that almost kept us both from being able to have any fun! Trunk or treat at church and ourw was a Toy Story trunk! So many little kids were excited to see Woody and Buzz! Sis enjoyed helping with the youth trunk, a pajama party theme! Charlie stayed home feeling yuck.  Sis went trick or treating with friends and they dressed as Spice Girls! She had a blast with this sweet group of friends! Where's Waldo! Fun day dressing up at the office. A lot of Waldos headed to a fund Halloween HR meeeting.  Charlie rallied just in time to enjoy trick-or-treating.  We stopped by Lovie and Pops' so they could see him off.  Fun time trick-or-treating with Ziggy and Eli and some of Ziggys neighbors.  Not our busiest Halloween but grateful we could enjoy the day and dress up!  

Here are some fun snippets of Charlie. Post sleepover breakfast al fresco! Made his own fried rice (and loved it!) Hanging with his bestie! When Sissy has early morning activities on Wednesday, we get a breakfast date together! Love the chance to sit with him one-on-one and hear about sixth grade.  School canceled for hurricane Helene and Charlie took the time to bake a skillet cookie! Warm and gooey like at Chili's! At Epiphany, Aaron gave the four of us tickets to see Hootie and the Blowfish. Unfortunately, Sarah Graves had a game to play at so she wasn't able to go. Instead, Charlie brought Ziggy and we had a great time! It was intensely hot until the sun went down! These guys enjoyed walking around and getting all the freebies from concert sponsors! Edwin McCain opened and he was great - very humble and funny! Collective Soul also played and who knew they were from the Atlanta area and I knew more of their songs than I remembered! It was a fun night! Not sure we convinced t...

High school brought the opportunity to attend the homecoming dance. A hurricane in the area the day before homecoming brought lots of wind and some flooding, threatening to mess up the kids' plans. Luckily, the school was safe and their plans went on! We found this dress in an online shop and took a chance ordering it. It turned out so cute and we loved it! Sarah Graves made plans to meet up with a group of friends for dinner before the dance. They looked so pretty and were so relaxed. Such a great way to go to a dance! The moms all enjoyed dinner together and I had a great time getting to know them! So glad this girl and I had a fun time together! I love that the school designates a time for each grade to meet up and parents get a group picture of the class! With pictures finished, the girls slipped on their comfy shoes so they could enjoy the dancing!  She had a great time and really enjoyed being at the event, dancing, and taking in the SEC football they had showing! While SG wa...