September 2020

Whew!  After COVID restrictions were loosened, our family was busy in September!  Our weekends looked something like this:

Saturday:     Colin travel baseball practice

                    Colin flag football

Sunday:       Colin lacrosse

                    Colin rec baseball game

                    Cadence rec softball game

Both kids had rec and travel baseball/softball practice during the week as well and Cadence is still taking piano lessons on Thursday evenings.  I'm not sure how we got it all done, but we did!  Here's a rundown of the month of September!

I'm not sure what made me snap this picture of Scarlet, but she's cute, so I'll post it.

Cadence decided it was time she shaved her leg for the first time!  She received an electric razor for Christmas last year, but didn't really want the commitment of maintaining shaved legs.  Maybe the fact that school started had an impact on her decision.  She did a great job...all by herself!

Danny had to travel to Philly for work so he was out of town for a night.  I think there was a storm or strong winds that night, so I had a roommate!

Cadence and I stuck around during Colin's travel baseball practice - what a pretty sunset, huh?

Our gorgeous hydrangeas finally bloomed!

We had a really gnarly storm blow through on Labor Day evening.  It knocked out the power and several big branches on our mature trees out back.   Luckily, Mom and Dad have a whole house generator, so we were able to enjoy dinner over at their house.  Also, we were fortunate that the branches blew into our yard instead of over the fence or into our sheds.  Danny did majority of the backyard cleanup the next day and dad used his chainsaw to help cut up the big limbs.

Colin was on the "gold" team for flag football.  For 2 hours on Saturdays, they'd practice and then scrimmage another team.  I definitely think Colin picked up more of the ins and outs of the sport this year and he had a good time. 

His buddies, Brantley & Mason, were on the red and black teams.  We thought it was cute to get a picture of them walking up the hill after practice.
 

Here's Colin and his team after the last scrimmage

Lacrosse was just a 4 week clinic this fall since the season got cancelled in the spring.  There were maybe only 8 or 9 kids that participated each week, so there was a lot of one-on-one time with the kids and the coaches.  We'll see what this spring brings in terms of lacrosse - we'll be pretty busy with travel ball, so I'm not sure if we'll be able to make it work, or if Colin will be interested.  

I caught Colin working on some warm-up swings while his travel team was at-bat. 

Cadence volunteered to try catching!  She liked it a lot because you're always part of the game as catcher.  I think she really wants to try it out during travel ball in the spring, but we've told her it takes a lot of practice and dedication to get the job.  Either way, we were super impressed for her to try something new!

Even though there wasn't a traditional Delaware County Fair this year, the kids still had the day off from school.  I put the kids to work and they cleaned up their old Power Wheel Jeeps - we gave the pink one to the little girls across the street and Danny's cousin is taking the blue one for her son to use one day.  Glad they'll both be on their 3rd set of owners!

I learned that 2020 was the largest wildfire season recorded in California's modern history. It was so bad, that we could see the effects of it all the way in Ohio.  Each day in late September, the sunrise and sunset looked so odd!  You could look right at the sun and it was super orange.  I snapped a picture one morning while waiting for the bus with Colin.  I think a lot of the fires have calmed down, but I think there are still some burning.