Thanksgiving Feast!

Today Matt and I had the opportunity to join Cale and Mallory at their Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast!  

The class cooked a delicious vegetable soup, cutting all of the ingredients and all the while keeping all 10 fingers for all of them!  I am thoroughly impressed that Mrs. Chipman and her mom were able to get 21 kids to pull this together.  It was awesome and these kids were so, so proud of their meal they cooked for us.

They each had to try at least 3 bites, per Mrs. Chipman's rules, and most LOVED it and ate the entire bowl.  Some went for second helpings!

We enjoyed cornbread which Cale LOVES, with butter of course.  We topped off our yummy lunch with pumpkin pie.  Mallory didn't want any and went for a second helping of soup and Cale actually loved more than the whipped cream on top and ate some pie!

I know I sound like a broken record when I say we are truly blessed with amazing teachers in our children's lives but we truly are blessed.  These folks go all out and teach our children so much.  It is so much more than ABCs, math and reading.  I never would have imagined  my kindergartners could chop and dice!

We even were entertained with some Thanksgiving songs, getting us ready for the Christmas performance next month!

We have a lot to be thankful for this year and today I most thankful that my job allows me the time to do what is important with my kids, making memories.

We so enjoyed our lunch with our Littles!  We even got to say hi to the Bigs while were there!

Today we are thankful for lunchtime memories and AMAZING schools with even more AMAZING people who are touching our children's lives!

GGGGGOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL with the big boys!

As a parent there is no better feeling than watching your kids accomplish a goal and to conquer something they were not sure would ever happen!  Well for Cale that something was scoring a goal while playing up with the big boys team and last Monday he did it!

He scored plenty in lollipops but it is way different than playing against these big boys and he doubted that he would ever score with the big boys this year which made this goal all the better.
Not only did he score that goal, he now is hungry for more and is continually looking for opportunities to score more!

Cale started playing on Matt's 8U team this fall when they were short a player, we thought why not put him out there and at least give the other kids a couple of minutes to rest.  Well he actually kept up with those kids and as small as he is, he is trying harder than most kids to play and play well.  Towards the end of outdoor season, we watched one game where he went all out and looked like he had just crossed the finish line after a half marathon, he left it all out there but yet had that high of accomplishing your best.

Cale on the left after his all out game and on our way to watch the high school boys at Semi-State!

He has LOVED playing with his big brother and we often find him looking to Caden for direction and help.  Same game where he scored that goal he had an awesome assist to his brother for a goal.
It is like he knows what he is doing out there.

We won't always get the opportunity to watch our boys play together with the 2.5 year difference but we are enjoying it now and so are the boys.  Sunday, on the way to the game we heard them talking about how Caden owed Cale an assist so he could score, they almost had it but Cale missed the ball and stumbled a bit.

Watching him score that goal, running back to the middle with his hands in the air to say, "I did it!" was a top moment for this mom.  I won't lie I think I cried a bit.  I am always proud of my kids but it is moments like that which makes being a parent that much sweeter!

Cale Man you did good buddy.  I look forward to watching you score many more goals in life and will be there for all of the accomplishments, the tries and the learning along the way!