Posted in Caleb, Cami, London, School on Mar 19th, 2013 No Comments »
Royal Opera House This week we had the chance to take a homeschooling field trip! With the two other girls in school, we haven’t done as many fieldtrips as we have in the past. But, when a group of women from church were going to check out the Royal Opera for a free lunch time [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics, London on Mar 3rd, 2013 No Comments »
It is no secret that Caleb dislikes competitions. If they came around more often and involved more of the team, he may think differently about them. But, because they happen so infrequently, there is quite a build-up for each one, which goes hand in hand with Caleb’s stress level. He was happy to learn that [...]
Posted in Birthday, Caleb, Family, London on Feb 10th, 2013 No Comments »
There is something about Caleb turning 12 that makes me feel old. But, he is maturing and becoming a great young man, there is no doubt in that! One of the first things Caleb wanted to do on his birthday was watch a Rated 12 movie (in the UK, that is the equivalent to PG-13). [...]
Posted in Caleb, Cami, Emma, Friends, Hannah, Holiday, London on Oct 28th, 2012 No Comments »
One new thing about being in school is the designated half-term breaks. One nice thing about the private school the girls go to is that they aren’t out the same week as the public schools. So, we took the chance with some other friends who were out of school to go to a local amusement [...]
Posted in Becca, Caleb, Cami, Friends, Gymnastics, Travel, site-seeing on Sep 16th, 2012 1 Comment »
A year has come and gone since Caleb’s last gymnastics training camp in Bulgaria. This year we had a change of scenery as we went to Girona, Spain. Having learned from last year, a couple moms and I took over the planning of the trip to make sure we had a hotel with a pool, [...]
Posted in Caleb, Hannah, London, Piano on Jul 1st, 2012 No Comments »
The day was wet and rainy, but we ventured out into Central London, jumping puddles on our way down the streets, still decorated for the Jubilee. (Notice Caleb’s ‘briefcase’ he insisted bringing) The occasion was piano grades for Caleb and Hannah. Caleb has had grades for gymnastics and Hannah has had grades for ballet, but [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics on May 8th, 2012 1 Comment »
We’ve lived in the UK for 2 1/2 years now. Caleb has been training at the same gym the entire time. By British Gymnastics ruling, Caleb cannot place in any British Gymnastics competitions, although he is allowed to enter just for the experience. We are told that 3 years is the magic number when that [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics, London on Mar 5th, 2012 4 Comments »
Last Friday we ventured out to East London (2 hours away) for Caleb’s first gymnastics competition of the year. However, it wasn’t a ‘real’ competition as Caleb isn’t ‘English’ and wouldn’t be able to place. We knew that and Caleb was just using it for the experience, as there aren’t very many competitions or even [...]
Posted in Caleb, Kids, London on Feb 5th, 2012 2 Comments »
As we were driving around last night to go ice skating, we noticed little snow flakes starting to come down. Pretty soon it started sticking and it was fun to watch everyone’s fascination with it. People were out taking pictures of the snow on top of cars, on top of bikes, of words they had [...]
Posted in Birthday, Caleb, Family, London on Feb 5th, 2012 No Comments »
Caleb’s birthday celebration was carried out to this weekend, when we were able to go ice skating. We all teetered around the ice, but had a great time. After one hour of skating, all four kids seemed to be pros at it. I, on the other hand, felt like I was limping off the ice. [...]