The Growing Caldwell Family

Anticipating heavy winds and rain from hurricane Irma, school was canceled. Aaron and I were fortunate to work from home. We planned ahead and set up home school for the kids. I wrote different activities on strips of paper and they had to complete each one before they could do what they wanted. Some were fun like building with Legos or doing gymnastics, and others were school focused. To our surprise, they enjoyed doing it and stayed on task until all were done! If I thought home schooling could be like that, I would be inclined to try it!

We had a fun time playing games with the kids! Charlie gets pretty competitive and does not like to lose! He does add a fun spirit to playing games! Sarah Graves has fun with it, but would rather play dolls or craft! I love that they are finally at ages where we can all play together!

The kids enjoy Sunday school, but Sarah Graves really looks forward to it! She was very excited for it to be back! Greg continues to be a friend to them! Story, music, and craft are all fun, but craft is the biggest hit! This Sunday it was model magic that drew the excitement!

We had the good fortune of receiving tickets for the Braves game from Aaron's company! A Saturday night at the ballpark was a lot of fun! Ice cream!  Watching the tool race is a fun part of the game! They were tired, but troopers all the way!

Sissy moved up to Grace choir this year! The exciting thing about Grace choir is playing handbells! we can't wait for their first concert!

Charlie very sweetly wanted to paint and wanted to use the "weasel"! It was so hard not to laugh, but it was adorable! They loved painting! She so badly wanted to correct him, but I knew it would hurt his feelings for her to laugh at how he thought it was a weasel!

Charlie was pretty excited for his first soccer game. They play against other teams within their league and no official score is kept, so it is pretty relaxed. At this age, the big things seem to be sharing the ball with others, remembering which side is your goal, not using your hands, and playing the whole game! Charlie was pretty pumped when he scored a goal! Sissy was a good cheerleader!