Four-day weekend
The kids get a four-day weekend this weekend. They had today off, a "professional development" day for all the teachers in town (a good thing, I wish they had more of them, really, even if it meant stretching out the school year a couple of days). And Monday is Columbus Day, which merits a day off from school. Why, I'm not quite sure.
So far, it's been pretty quiet. James went to a friend's birthday party early in the afternoon and he's back now -- he's actually dozing in the easy chair; I guess he was tired. Emmeline is home and despondent that she doesn't have anything to do. Robert had his normal weekly afterschool program today -- they picked him up several hours ago.
The kids couldn't have picked a nicer day to be home -- it was sunny and in the low 80s today -- July weather, certainly not October. But I'll take it while I can get it, even if it's one last gasp of Indian Summer before the cold weather sets in.