The Growing Caldwell Family

The kids were so excited to have Grancy come for a visit! Aaron and I were excited to have her, too1  SG was thrilled to sit with Grancy at dinner when she came in. Charlie was fast asleep before we made it to the restaurant so he slept in my arms. The next day, Grancy had a chance to watch Sissy at gymnastics camp and then she spent the afternoon with them. They had a good time playing and helping to make Grancy's wonderful chocolate pie! I hope SG gets the knack for making it because even when I use her recipe, I can't make it like Grancy and Sarah Graves lets me know it! Glad they had the chance to make it with her. The kids spent the day with Grancy on Friday. She took them to the movies, play play-doh, blew bubbles, and I'm sure played a lot of other games, too! Friday evening we headed to the lake to show Grancy all the fun things the kids love there. Charlie showed her the door to the secret room! He gets so tickled by it! SG and Pops worked...

SG lost another tooth! Her third, actually. She had been wiggling it for weeks and finally I suggested she grab it with tissue and just pull it. Right after talking over that idea her tooth came out on its own. She was so pleased with herself! She happily took the $2 the Tooth Fairy left her!

The kids finished out their soccer season. Both improved as the weeks went by but neither one of them wants to do it again. Sarah Graves said she doesn't want to be hot and Charlie just didn't like it. On to the next thing! Both kids were quite delighted to realize they get trophies at the last game! The look on Charlie's face was priceless when his coach pulled out trophies!  Here's a shot of Char's team - small but mighty!  Sissy was excited to get a trophy, too! Olivia was with us that day and she just adores Uncle Aaron!

SG went to art camp at the local Methodist church. Charlie went to dinosaur camp there, but they didn't have any even for parents to come see what they did. SG's camp hosted an art show to show off their projects. I was really proud of how all summer she went to different camps where she didn't know anyone and she met a friend every time. This friend is Anna and they had a good time together at art camp. I am so glad SG has experience making friends everywhere she goes. This was one of their sample projects. They learned about colors, mixing colors from primary colors, different mediums for art, and she had a great time! They did a presentation to the parents to tell us a bit about each piece.

This is probably the kind of thing a momma sees and feels proud of but others scratch their head trying to see what the big deal is. Charlie is working on writing letters and his own name. This is the first time I have seen him put the letters together (mostly - he says the e is hard for him). My big boy!

Growing up in the 80's, I loved Cabbage Patch and always wanted to go to Babyland General Hospital! I was excited that when I mentioned going there the kids were excited. Sitting in the big cabbage! The Andy Warhol painting of a Cabbage Patch Kid. Charlie was excited by the dolls and all the things for them. Everybody thought the treehouse was fun! We watched Mother Cabbage give birth to a baby girl that the crowd named Autumn Kate. Sarah Graves is still giggling about a doll born in July being named Autumn! Our little Cabbage Patches! Olivia loves babies and she enjoyed all the dolls as much as the big kids! We thought their school room setup was very cute! She was so much fun to be with and eager to let me take lots of pictures! She brought home a new doll that takes a paci! We had to document unboxing her. Olivia got a new baby too and she was delighted! Charlie chose to skip the new doll (he uses one of mine) and...

My cuties all dressed up for church!