This year Caroline started 9th grade at Lexington High. With 2260 students, it is almost like a college, but she figured out its schedules and buildings and jumped right in. With kids now in 3 different schools, we are inundated with daily e-mails from principals, teachers, and PTOs.
We took a Labor Day weekend trip to see Nana and Grampa Mike at their new house in Spartanburg, SC
As it happens, they're close to two related Revolutionary War Park sites. At King's Mountain, after giving up on the Northern campaign, the British thought they could rally Loyalists in NC, SC, and GA to turn against the rebels.
Fearing invasions of their lands, militias from surrounding states rallied and attacked and routed the British forces. Later, at Cowpens battlefield, in a formal engagement again the Patriots defeated the British. From there General Cornwallis chased the revolutionaries north and trapped himself on the Virginia peninsula.
Ana, Chris, and Murphy joined us at Cowpens
SC had the highest COVID infection rates in the country, but when I picked up from this sports bar I didn't see a single person wearing a mask
Tessie is old enough to do high ropes courses
Grampa Mike was in good spirits but his Parkinson's is getting worse
It was good to see Riley and Nana, too
Back home, Tessie's stuffies returned from their extended stay in Minnesota
Caroline has become a fitness nut and she ran her first 5K
Erin finished in 21:55, a new PR and #2 overall for the women
Caroline and I finished in 30:25
Tessie has been playing in-town soccer but she is difficult to catch in an action photo
Harvest time. Many of my tomatoes had some weird rot/deficiency where their innards turned to mush. This giant one had an interesting crack.
My pumpkin patch delivered 2 pumpkins, one normal one and one big one. This purrfect pumpkin weighed 37 lbs, a new PR.
My friend Jerry said that he had a great time watching a classic 80s TV show together with his kids. When I tried the same with Tessie, she completely melted down. What show could do this to Tessie? See if you can figure it out.
She recovered from the Muppets torture
